On Nov 9, 2006, at 2:06 PM, ramfree17 wrote:
i read the article and my understanding is that they are only
changing the license on the implementation. wasn't the main issue
of critics with java is that sun controls what goes into the java
standard/specification? doesn't (ibm|blackdown|...) have their own
implementation of the java standard, or are they just forks of the
sun implementation?
Correction please. The Java Community Process controls the
specification. Sun heads most of the JSRs but unlike closed
standards, Sun listens to the community.
thank you for that answer/correction. i am not saying i know much
about the jcp but am only basing my questions on what i have read
that sun has a substantial stranglehold (re:not absolute but very
influential) on what passess through the process. that may be fud
so i would take your answer to mean that the whole facet java
development could now be completely community driven. :)
WHEN they open source Java ME, SE and EE, the community will have
more say, of course.
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