Simon Phipps —
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 [...]
Sun Microsystems is working hard to open source Java - both the Java SE platform and the Java ME platform (CDC and CLDC) . And it seems the company is making good progress.
In July, Tim Bray wrote:
I spent some time this week in the internal work process around Java and Open Source, and that it’s [...]
(Update: be sure to read the comments section, for some useful points by Simon Phipps)
A couple of days ago, Sun Microsystems released details of their long-awaited Thumper product - aka the X4500. Simon Phipps is in love (as is Tim Bray). I’m a big fan of Simon, but I wonder why [...]