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Gosling on Opening Java

Posted by michael on from the if-you-love-something-let-it-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It sounds like James Gosling's nudging Sun closer and closer toward open-sourcing Java, as requested variously by IBM, Eric S. Raymond, and Richard Stallman, though not by JBoss's Marc Fleury. 'Developers value Java's cross platform interoperability and reliability,' Gosling writes, adding 'If we do something to make Java even more open-source than it is already, having safeguards to protect the developer community will be something we pay a lot of attention to.' Surprisingly, 'the creator of the Java programming language,' as Sun usually calls him, seems to be at odds on this issue with his own CEO, Scott McNealy. So, who should have custody of the child, the father...or the boss?"

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  1. Joint Custody by modifried · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, who should have custody of the child, the father...or the boss?

    Boss gets it on the weekends, father gets it during the week.

  2. kudos to gosling... by all+your+mwbassguy+a · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...we need java to be open source, so we can fix all the flaws he left in it. i mean, no goto?!