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Apache Declares War On Oracle Over Java

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pew-pew-pew dept.

jfruhlinger writes "The Apache Software Foundation, feeling increasingly marginalized as Oracle asserts its control over the Java platform, is fighting back, trying to rally fellow members of the Java Community Process to block the next version of the language if Oracle doesn't make it available under an open license amenable to Apache. Last month's Oracle-IBM pact was a blow against the ASF, which had worked with IBM in the past, but it appears that Apache isn't giving up the fight."

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  1. Java is the new COBOL by vlm · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Java is the new COBOL.

    During the declining years of cobol, I/we watched the participants fighting to increase their portion of the pie, regardless of how much it shrunk the pie.

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    "Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
  2. Re:Unsurprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Right a bunch of students with no work experience unilaterally turn down guaranteed full time positions with a established company in this economy.