Oracle To Monetize Java VM

jtotheh writes "According to the Register, Oracle is going to make two tiers of Java Virtual Machine — a free one and a premium paid one. 'Adam Messinger, Oracle vice president of development, told QCon that Oracle plans to offer a "premium" edition of the JDK in addition to the open-source JDK. Both, it seems, will be based on a converged JRockit VM and the Hotspot JVM from Sun Microsystems. The converged JVM will be released under the OpenJDK project. ... Messinger didn't explain how the premium JVM would differ [from] the free version, but the premium edition will likely see performance tuning and tie-ins to Oracle's middleware.'"

Comments

Re:Scala, Groovy, Ada.

[modmans2ndcoming]

the drag and drop GUI designer doe snot make it more powerful, it makes it a lot more productive.

Frankly, the fact that you think the GUI builder is part of the language or the platform is laughable. GUI builder is a tool, just like MS's debugging (which is better than what you will find anywhere else). I could just as easily use notepad to build a C# app. At least I know when I run my app on the CLI it will be running on the same CLI for everyone else.

Re:Scala, Groovy, Ada.

[modmans2ndcoming]

you can interpret it both ways. You are simply providing the benefit of the doubt.

Shame Really...

[IBitOBear]

Since C-pound(*) is patent encumbered it doesn't matter that mono is open source, it still exists at the whim of Microsoft. Do the research before you offer it as a viable alternative to Jave. Microsoft actually has a stronger claim over C-pound than Oracle has over Java because Microsoft never released any part of the specification or library definition under any license but their own, and never issued a covenant to share the patents or otherwise "not to sue" infringers.

Recommending a run to C-pound because of Jave mis-deeds is like recommending jumping into shark infested water to avoid the ongoing mauling of ship-rats.

(*) In order it to be a "sharp" the symbol in use must be (1) in italics, and (2) in a musical clef. In Microsoft's language definition it is neither, that makes those two vertical and two horizontal lines a "pound" no matter how much they want you to call it a "sharp".

ASIDE: Yes, you think it was clever calling it "see-sharp", but these are the same people who named their mobile operating system "wince", they are not that smart when it comes to basic language... 8-)