This is what James Gossling posted on his blog yesterday… Like so many commenters, I also spent the majority of my professional career with Sun technologies, mostly Java. Whatever happens next, it’s a new era that begins. Fortunately, the company with a big G has embraced Java, and that is probably where the future lies,
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“Is Oracle Good for Java?”
Continuing the series, here’s Bert Ertman’s opinion after Oracle’s OpenWorld : (…) To sum things up so far, Oracle’s message is about integrating everything into a single (bright red colored) solution. They deserve credit for the way their current stack seems to deliver to that promise. However, Java’s promise has always been about opening everything
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Oracle-Sun acquisition: update
I have already commented on this subject, and nothing much has changed since then… the acquisition is still pending regulatory issues, and Larry Ellison is trying to put pressure on the EU by saying everywhere that every day until the deal closes, he loses 100.000 dollars, a figure that can’t be confirmed of course. Anyway,
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Larry Ellison talks about the Sun acquisition…
…and does not even mention Java. I know it’s only part I, but it’s a little scary anyway. http://www.oracle.com/sun/lje-oracle-sun-faq.pdf