[p2p-research] Oracle's purchase of Sun and effect on open source ecology

[marc fawzi]

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/oracle-acquires-sun-ars-explores-the-impact-on-open-source.ars


"Sun's dictatorial control over the evolution of
Java<http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2006/11/8205.ars>has been
widely criticized by other stakeholders and is generally viewed as
detrimental to the language's growth and adoption potential. The Java
Community Process (JCP) has been a particularly thorny source of controversy
and friction.

Oracle could finally democratize the JCP by making it more transparent and
inclusive. Sun's overt hostility towards the Apache Software Foundation's
Harmony project, which seeks to build an Apache-licensed Java SE
implementation, could also finally be brought to an end. "

That's an interesting conclusion given that Oracle has never been smart in
that way ...

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