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Java: One Step Closer To Open Source

Posted by Hemos on from the inching-its-way-forward dept.

Ritalin16 writes "Sun Microsystems on Monday intends to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Java programming language by sharing the proprietary source code for several key Java applications used by corporate customers. Sun officials believe that by making the source codes open to developers, they will spur more involvement and use of Java-based applications."

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  1. Re:Too late Java is not cool anymore by SparafucileMan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    java was never "cool" except for a brief spat during the mid-90s. then people realized it was a crap language to write in.