JDK should be open

The San Jose Mercury news is suggesting that Sun may be thinking of making the JDK open-source. Ed: Had they done this earlier their "write-once, run-everywhere" motto might now be true. Trying to keep everything proprietary probably cost them an early victory. Sharing and letting everyone participate may have resulted in lower expected profits but also in some profits. Right now IBM has more people working on Java than Sun, while HP has more experience in some fields Sun is trying to develop definitive APIs for. Although late, openness could restore Java's momentum.