Sun has talked a lot about putting Java into an open-source license. Now it's ready to move. The company is very close to announcing that it will put the mobile and standard editions of the Java platform into the GNU General Public License, with the Java Enterprise Edition and GlassFish reference implementation (currently open-sourced under Sun's Common Development and Distribution License, or CDDL) to follow, several industry sources said. 
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Member since:2005-07-07
Please.....
People have been throwing the phrase "Classpath has been 90+% complete" about for the last 3 years. Even so, that 99% compatibility figure only relates to Java 1.4, which is well over 4 years old. Most people are using Java 1.5, and 1.6 is around the corner.
Classpath is a nice project, and I have great respect for Dalibor and the team behind it. However, do not delude yourself into thinking that Classpath poses a "threat" to the official Java (i.e. those VMs that have to pass Sun's TCK).
p.s. Java has had templates for over 2 years, since the release of Java 1.5.
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Member since:2006-01-12
p.s. Java has had templates for over 2 years, since the release of Java 1.5.
You mean Generics?
Classpath is a nice project, and I have great respect for Dalibor and the team behind it. However, do not delude yourself into thinking that Classpath poses a "threat" to the official Java (i.e. those VMs that have to pass Sun's TCK).
First of all, I never suggested that Classpath is posing a threat to the Sun JRE. However, it should be noted that back when KDE started the Harmony project, Trolltech didn't wait until the release of a fully compatible clone to release Qt under the GPL.
Personally, I think the threats posed by .Net and LAMP/ROR/etc. probably play a bigger role in this decision. The prospect of making Java ubiquitous on linux and BSDs (which is currently only hindered by the license) is probably very attractive. Open sourcing the Java will also push Java to become the language of choice for open source development, on part with C.
Edited 2006-11-09 20:23
Member since:2006-01-02
Yup. Some people seem to like to think about all that as a black and white, us vs. them thing. It doesn't really work that way, although it's an entertaining myth.
In a certain sense, Classpath et. al. have prepared the field for Sun, by showing that there is both a demand for open source Java, and an ecosystem of people and companies willing to work on making it happen. They've worked on getting Java in one form or another into distributions, and so on.
But for all I know, Sun has never felt threatened through GNU Classpath. I'd be seriously puzzled if they did, anyway, as that was not the intention. The plan was to create free runtimes for Java, and get Sun to join in the fun, since they are doing some excellent work in that area.
Edit: Oh, and thanks!
Edited 2006-11-09 20:39
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2006-01-12
Totally wrong, gcj is years behind Java not even supporting templates and who uses gjc btw?
Java? Templates?
Anyways, Classpath is almost 99% finished now and while I am not sure about Qt-Jambi, it does run Eclipse.