Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

4 of 318 comments (clear)

  1. And Again by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Java: One Step Closer To Open Source

    *sigh* Sun is already as open as they're going to go with Java by releasing it under the Java Research License. Now Sun has never complained about or hawked Open Source JVMs, but neither have they been too keen on helping out projects who bite their hands. As a result, the project to watch is the Apache Harmony Project. Given that Apache maintains a close relationship with Sun, hasn't burned their bridges, and has a good track record for completing very complex software, there's a good chance that the Apache JVM will quickly exceed Kaffe and GCJ.

    --
    Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
  2. "Open Source" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If Sun really wanted to be helpful they could forget the application server and really forget the source, and just concentrate on making a less restrictive BINARY license for redistributors such as linux distributions. Java is being held back in the absence of something like Harmony, and that's just absolutely rediculous when the problem would be so easy to fix. Sun needs to come to terms with reality and realize that they need an installed base, not the other way around.

  3. Re:Read the "fine" article, please by bheer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sun's app server is definitely not new and immature. It's based off iPlanet AS which if anything is older than Weblogic and Websphere. A better reason is that BEA (with Tuxedo) and IBM both have substantial experience selling app servers in general, and they know the enterprise software sales playbook by heart because they helped write it.

    Sun, OTOH, was and remains clueless about marketing software*. (Their latest foray, per-employee licensing for the Java Desktop System and the Java Enterprise Stack, got a good deal of buzz but it's far from being an MS- or IBM-killer yet.)

    --
    Go somewhere random
  4. Re:Java is dying. by sproketboy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I can think of 101 reasons why not use .NET: http://www.manageability.org/manageabilityWiki/Why JavaIsBetterThanDotNet