Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

IBM Offers to Help Sun Open Up Java

Posted by michael on from the with-friends-like-these dept.

dave writes "ESR has opened the issue of pressuring Sun to open source Java, and today IBM throws in their own commitment toward this end. IBM has published an open letter to Sun, proposing that the two companies collaborate on an independent project to open source Java, saying that IBM is ready to provide technical resources and code for the open source Java implementation while Sun provides the open source community with Sun materials, including Java specifications, tests and code."

4 of 475 comments (clear)

  1. Not said... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hi Rob,

    [Open Source Java or you risk relegating it, while .NET on commodity hardware gobbles up both the development and hardware markets to Sun's eventual doom. Work with us and Java will be strong as many eyes and hands (ours included) clean it up and expand it where need and demand lay. Ignore this request and we'll pick it up at your bankruptcy auction.

    Regards,
    Rod

    --

    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. Whoa... by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did ESR just bitch, and things actually happened?

    I'm impressed; unless he has an "in," of course...

  3. Re:ESR: not so bad after all? by hambonewilkins · · Score: 5, Funny
    Eric! What have you been up to?!

    Sorry, forgot, I'll just check your webpage for info.

    --

    God Bless America. Why? Did it sneeze?
  4. Re:How nice of IBM.. by fantastic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear IBM

    Can you opensource DB2, we don't have a database at Sun so this would really help