Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 1st Dec 2006 15:42 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Apache Harmony has left its 'incubator' status. "Apache Harmony is the Java SE project of the Apache Software Foundation. Please help us make this a world class, certified implementation of the Java Platform Standard Edition!"
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2006-01-14
I could understand the need for these projects when Sun controlled Java. But now that they open sourced it, there is no reason to really have two implementations of it is there? Its like having two implementations of Perl. Almost the same, but not quite enough that it won't cause problems. And if you are a distro maker, why would you want both on the same system, and if you have to pick one, might as well be Sun's version. Especially people like Red Hat who cater to the enterprise level market where Sun's Java gets used heavily. Maybe I am wrong though.