Java SE 7 Finally Approved By JCP, 13 To 1

medv4380 writes with news from InfoWorld about the near-term future of Java: "Java Platform, SE (Standard Edition) 7 has been passed this week by the JCP Executive Committee for SE/EE (Enterprise Edition), by a vote of 13 in favor and 1 — Google — against. Oracle, IBM, VMware, Red Hat, and Fujitsu are among the affirmative votes, and two committee members — Credit Suisse and Java architect Werner Keil — did not vote. Specifically, committee members voted on Java Specification Request 336, which pertains to the Java upgrade. Voting on the public review ballot for Java SE 7 finished up earlier this week after beginning on May 31. Java SE 7 still faces another vote on a final approval ballot."

Comments

And....?

[MetalliQaZ]

I don't like this summary. Who cares? Tell me why the vote was important. Why "finally"? Was it delayed? Why did Google vote against? What are the new features? Why is this on the front page?!?

Re:GOOG

[Metabolife]

Interesting that they view the licensing and transparency as deal-breakers, and doubly interesting that a majority of the committee members feel somewhat supportive of that position (but not enough to vote against).

How I understand it is this: The licensing terms restrict Google from making their own platform specific version using the spec. It basically stops Google from rebranding Java to "Gava" and using it as the language of choice on Android.

Re:GOOG

[Joce640k]

Typical

You expected Google to vote in favor of something that validates the Java-patent-troll-lawsuit against them?

Re:I hate Java.

[Joce640k]

Does "Java 7" mean we're in for another never-ending series of huge updates, none of which will bother to remove the previous update from my disk?

If so... no thanks.