Simon’s Blog

When Sun announced its plans to Open Source the Java platform under the GPL, there was just one vocal critic, set against a sea of positive reaction. That critic was IBM. And, now I read (via Simon Phipps) that Oracle is complaining too.
I have to say, I find the IBM and Oracle attitudes [...]

As I said in my recent post - Java On The Next Billion Devices - Will History Repeat Itself? - all the signs were that we were a matter of days away from the Open Sourcing of the Java platform. Well, today’s the day - Sun Microsystems will announce the first big step to [...]