Will Sun's Java Go Open Source?

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 16, 2005 @06:13PM from the take-a-peek dept.

Ritalin16 writes "CNet report that Sun Microsystems wants to send Java closer to the open-source world, yet keep it safe from harm. "Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open-source. Sun's licensing practices for Java are closely watched. Proponents of making Java open-source argue that a different license and development process will help accelerate usage of Java, which faces ongoing competition from Web open-source scripting tools, such as PHP, and Microsoft's .Net line of tools."

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Sun's tight control... by a3217055 · 2005-03-16 18:21 · Score: 1, Troll

Sun has a lot of tight control of java. But I believe IBM also has their own java implementation, and I think that version has alot of proprietary and licensed code. But most of the jvm is not available for all different platforms.... anyone seen a 64bit jvm ?
Open sourcing java seems good, but the reason Sun may not want to do that is because sun wants to milk the embeded devices market where java can be a real breakthrough.