See Java Community Process.
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- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?Is this any different than Java?There are positive reasons to have someone hold the patent, mainly, that there is only one captain of the ship. I support open source, but the hitorical problem with it and UNIX has been forking. Some propeller head messes with...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- The Oracle open source credibility gap
- The Oracle open source credibility gapIf I was in Larry Ellison's shoes......I'd do the following:1. Spin off MySQL either by selling it to the public, or by setting up a non-profit foundation and transferring all MySQL copyrights and employees to it. Ellison would get to play the good...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
- OS execs split over fate of MySQL under Oracle's grip
-  The fate of Sun's open source jewels -- especially MySQL -- has been heavily debated since Oracle announced its intentions to buy the Java giant earlier this week. Few expect the Redwood Shores, Calif. database giant to mess with Java. It is a...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- CRIKEY! He can swallow whole companies! But not communities.
- Boy, what a big beautiful snake he is, mates. He eats multi-billion dollar companies with all their assets, WHOLE. But even big old  Constrictus Siliconvallis cannot squeeze the Open Source community. So, suffice to say, the Sun Microsystems story didn't end the way...
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Sun's Schwartz: I'm not worried about the future (or Sun's relevance)
- Sun's Schwartz: I'm not worried about the future (or Sun's relevance)Oh myDon't tell Murphy. He will just get even more envious of "wintel".Sun is circling the drain. Java is stalling. JavaFX is fledging. Suns hardware business takes a beating from the US economy. Suns open source products fail to...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
- Schwartz: Three reasons you need JavaFX
- In the run-up to today's launch of JavaFX, ZDNet sat down with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz to get his thoughts on JavaFX, Flash, and the future of Java. [ Read: Sun launches JavaFX 1.0, and JavaFX Q&A ] [Ed] Q. Why did Sun create...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Richard Monson-Haefel responds, still gets it wrong
- Richard Monson-Haefel responds, still gets it wrongSo, maybe in 2 years, they will give it a name and standardize it, AFTERit has been banged on and everybody has had a chance to criticize every little detail. I am sure that Sun will be right behind Google on this one.And, talking...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-04
- Richard Monson-Haefel responds, still gets it wrong
- Last week I took Burton group analyst Richard Monson-Haefel to task for a post he made about Android. Yesterday he responded and attempted to clarify his position in "Why Microsoft Loves Google Android, Take 2". While Richard deserves credit for being a good sport about my criticism, I still disagree...
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Why Microsoft hates Google's Android
- Richard Monson-Haefel, an analyst at the Burton group, just posted a sarcastic and inaccurate analysis of Android on the company's blog. In his article, called "Why Microsoft Loves Google's Android", Monson-Haefel claims that Microsoft should be "secretly celebrating" Google's introduction of Android. "Android is perhaps the best thing to happen...
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Google playing proprietary games with open source?
- Google playing proprietary games with open source?I'm pretty sure a company with ......a $200 billion market cap and a 50 to 1 price to earnings ratio doesn't need your advice.Just because I write a program for LINUX...Doesn't mean I must subjugate it to an open source license. As someone who...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- JSR 291 approved despite Sun's No vote
- JSR 291 is a specification for a dynamic component framework based on the OSGi model. It just passed its Final Approval Ballot with 12 yes votes and 2 no votes. One of the no votes was from Sun, which wrote:The JSR 291 specification is simply a reference to the OSGi...
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- Introducing XQJ: A Java API for XQuery
- Query is a declarative language for querying XML that's similar to SQL for querying relational data. Most Java developers are familiar with JDBC, which provides a standard Java API to interact with a variety of SQL engines operating against relational data sources. XQJ has the same goal: It provides Java...
- White papers 2007-05-22
- Sun delivers Open Source Java and governance board
- Sun delivers Open Source Java and governance boardOpen CTKSo long as the compatibility test kit for Java itself is not open, and the JCP governs this in a closed manner the project can't be exactly truly open source. For a real open source project the architecture is decided in...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Is Java the missing lever in comparing Windows to OpenBSD?
- Is Java the missing lever in comparing Windows to OpenBSD?Java Community ProcessSun invented its own standards body.http://jcp.org/en/home/indexIBM.There was a reason IBM pushed for opening java, in addition to saving on licensing fees. Whatever restriction the community process may have placed on IBM's direction with Java has now been loosened...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Sun mulls Apache's "Dear Jonathan" letter
- Repeating a tactic that worked 5 years ago, the Apache Software Foundation went public this morning with a dispute with Sun over a test suite that would allow Apache to certify compatibility of their implementation of Java code named Harmony. Geir Magnusson, VP of the Apache Harmony project, wrote:Dear Jonathan,...Since...
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- There's little chance Eclipse will suffer the same mistakes as Java
- There's little chance Eclipse will suffer the same mistakes as JavaHarvard? Get Real That Sad Institution is SinkingSun use to stand for Stanford University Network and the author of this article is pulling our legs in implying that Harvard has any notion what-so-ever in what it takes for a technology...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- There's little chance Eclipse will suffer the same mistakes as Java
- Colleague and frequent SOA Insights Edition contributor Tony Baer at OnStrategies has a nice context analysis of recent Eclipse Foundation news, and he wonders if Eclipse may be extending itself too thinly. He says this would follow the mistakes of the waning role of the Java Community Process JCP.I think...
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- Oracle cozies up to Spring developers by making EJB runtime open source under Eclipse
- Oracle cozies up to Spring developers by making EJB runtime open source under EclipseI might be misreading[i]If Java and GlassFish are not allowing developers to access what they need of open source technology with ease, and if Oracle is now a top-tier member of Eclipse as it has now become,...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-06
- Sun becomes a patron of the Free Software Foundation
- Sun becomes a patron of the Free Software FoundationEndorsement"I suppose an endorsement was OK then because Sun was not a patron at that point."Heh, I think that means the patronage shouldn't be considered a general endorsement. The FSF will endorse specific actions regardless.Richard Stallman is on record as approving...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Eclipse wants you to know it has friends
- To those of you who believe open protocols are more important than open source, the Eclipse Foundation has a message.They agree with you.Mike Milinkovich, the foundations executive director, said the group has long worked closely with standards bodies such as the Java Community Process JCP, Object Management Group OMG and...
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
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