Sun Microsystems' decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers, according to the company's chief open-source officer.
Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions.
Sun Microsystems' Java is now officially an open-source project mostly.
Sun Microsystems intends to commence open-sourcing Java by the end of this year and complete the process in 2007, according to the company's executive vice president of software, Rich Green.
Sun Microsystems will open-source Java, it just has to figure out how to do it, company executives said on Tuesday.
Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But some experts are suggesting a middle ground.
Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.
Dot-bomb survivor Kim Polese sees an industry renaissance fed by the increasing corporate use of open-source software.
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The Apache Software Foundation launches a project to develop Web application software based on Sun's Java.
Simon Phipps, chief open source office at Sun and OpenSolaris board member discusses the issues in trying to impose a governance model on open source projects.
Many open source developers remain sceptical of Sun because their memories of the company focus on Sun's interactions with the community in 2001/2002, which Sun's chief open source officer Simon Phipps concedes was a period where Sun "screwed up".
Simon Phipps, chief open source officer, Sun Microsystems, explains the path that OpenJDK is taking to reach its goal of being fully open sourced.
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Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.
The OpenOffice.org group announces a kit that lets programmers build new modules for open-source alternatives to the Microsoft Office suite.
Sun Microsystems is building a Java-based development kit for its StarOffice software to help corporate programmers customise desktop applications, a move that better pits it against Microsoft's dominant Office.
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