From the Recipes dept.:
With Oracle set to acquire Sun and gain stewardship over Java, there are many in the tech world with an opinion on how the database giant should handle its new relationship with the programming language.
One of those opinions is being voiced by Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst, who is calling on Oracle to keep Java open. During a conference call yesterday to discuss Red Hat's first-quarter fiscal 2010 results, Whitehurst also took aim at Oracle's operating system business.
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by jxeena on Jun 28, 2009 - 09:35 PM
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by vaultboss on Jun 29, 2009 - 01:35 AM
...any reason to believe they wouldn't? I can't be certain, but I believe they would probably just follow a "support" model to try and make some income from it.
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by rockstarmusic on Jun 29, 2009 - 08:33 AM
How can we be sure it's going to be free?
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by lohwengk on Jul 04, 2009 - 12:43 PM
IMO, whether Java remains open or becomes closed isn't really important.
A bigger issue is Standard Java's increasing complexity. The last upgrades from Java 1.4 to Java 1.5 saw many new features added. The jump from Java 1.5 to Java 1.6 not only had new features, there were some new concepts added. Given that Java's main attraction is because it is relatively easy for new programmers to learn, this new direction towards complexity means higher costs towards enterprise customers.
Java seems to have a bumpy road ahead, especially when you add in other problems, like:
- Competition from Microsoft (with its better GUI development tools)
- Competition from PHP - simpler to learn, and cheaper to run (esp. for small companies)
- C/C++/Visual C++ (much better performance)
- Slow java performance on the desktop (Java 1.6 is still slow, although it is faster than Java 1.4)
- Not truly portable (especially for enterprise scale applications)
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by mikemanish on Jul 05, 2009 - 12:37 PM
Well, if they do close it they will loose heaps of developers to other languages that are open, Ruby for one... if they do close it they are insane imo.
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by deborahbaker on Jul 09, 2009 - 03:11 AM
Well this is a news ..which comes from top level ..who knows the real truth
of first-quarter fiscal 2010 results of the said company.
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by johnpitt on Jul 09, 2009 - 06:59 AM
Really this is an informative news thanks for sharing it.
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by salama_sen on Nov 07, 2009 - 01:29 AM
<FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size="5">Thanks for Sharing the Information.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size="5">I wish oracle will Listen to Red Hat & keep Java Open</FONT></FONT>
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