Oracle should relax Sun's Java Community control grip

"your way VS my way" article

Enraged - I think not!

Infuriated - I think not!

This is just a "your way VS my way" article. I prefer Sun Microsystems way.

I've been developing on the platform for more than 10 years now, I have my own opinion on these matters.

I hope Sun finds money for it's own purposes and becomes fully independent again!

@Winhatter

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The name says it all.......

Poor article

'While Apache's has been able to build an implementation of Java Standard Edition under Project Harmony thanks to the opening of Java, Harmony cannot be certified because the TCKs contain proprietary code the open-source code cannot touch. Harmony, therefore, remains stuck in a limbo of having been built but being uncertified.'

That statement is factually inaccurate. Project Harmony did not occur 'thanks to the opening of Java'. First of all, Java is a trademark which is applied to certified implementations that have passed the TCK, a process the entire article talks about as being closed and proprietary still. I believe what you mean is Sun's JDK, and this certainly hasn't helped Harmony. If anything, it has hindered it. A very plausible argument can be made for the growing success of GNU Classpath and Apache Harmony being the trigger for Sun open-sourcing their implementation, giving them a means of both silencing their critics (which included RMS) over its proprietary nature and retaining control. Both Apache Harmony and GNU Classpath are clean room implementations which aren't based on Sun's code. Both are not eligible for the TCK under any rules Sun has put forward, either privately or through the OpenJDK TCK agreement. You can't say that either implementation has 'built an implementation of Java Standard Edition' until they have passed said TCK which is supposed to be the proof that these specifications have been met.

On the main content of the article, I and many other people working on OpenJDK, GNU Classpath and Apache Harmony would love to see both the JCP and the TCK become more open. I find it hard to trust a test of the specification which you can't look at or discuss without an NDA and which has only been passed on code derived from Sun's implementation (that's actually a term of the OpenJDK TCK license). The JCP results in specifications under terms which effectively prevent open source implementations, and we weren't able to use them to develop GNU Classpath.

Oracle could certainly do a lot to clear things up in their new position. Let's hope they do.

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"Oracle doesn't get a huge amount of trust in the open-source community," Johnson observed. "Had IBM owned Sun people wouldn't have assumed IBM was going to thrash the open-source elements, but with Oracle they don't have an open-source track record so there's more concern."

That could also have been written, and made self-destructive sense, and therefore not sensible at all of of for IBM .."Had IBM owned Sun people wouldn't have assumed IBM was going to trash the open-source elements"

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And the answer to those last few question are a Resounding YES, which makes for a Volatile Environment with Toxic Waste Assets and Poorly Performing Underground Ventures Susceptible to Beta Makeover into Sounder Rock Solid Virtual Investment Vehicles. Futures Portfolios.

Very Spooky Roswell stuff ...... and just so preposterous and outrageous that it couldn't possibly be true, could it?

Crack Open this Code for Kings Ransoms and Queens Rewards

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WTF?

"It's already bad enough that there a multiple Java implementations on some platforms, open sourcing the TCKs will just add the potential for fragmentation in the tests that are supposed to help prevent fragmentation."

What the hell are you smoking? The fact there are various implementations of the JVM, some of which are clean room is a GOOD THING. What isn't a good thing is that many implementations can't officially call themselves Java because they can't pass certification because the terms of certification are incompatible or odious.

Open sourcing the TCK and perhaps making the whole testing & certification process vendor neutral would be a massive step in the right direction. It shouldn't matter if its Sun/Oracle or any other JVM implementation. They should be able to pay their fee to a certifying authority, have the tests run and get a nice little logo and right to use certain trademarks for their efforts. To ensure everyone passes the test, the TCK should be open sourced so projects can ensure compliance before applying. Fragementation has nothing to do with it because the certifying body wouldn't be using a fork.

As a general comment, I know its fashionable to pour hate on Java (after all it's what some might call the establishment) but the reality is there is no other platform which comes anywhere close to it for real world development. It would be great if it incorporated some of the lessons of scala / groovy (which run on JVMs), but as it stands there is no other language that comes anywhere close to the scalability and robustness of the Java platform.

Is Johnson smoking something stale ?

Oracle spends billions of dollars to buy Sun; so they can straight away prioritise "philanthrophy" ?

I don't see how this "no-brainer" would help Oracle recover that money or make money ?