Tag Archives: jcp

The JCP is dead; long live Java

9th
Dec. × ’10
By Shane

The Apache Software Foundation has just announced it’s resignation from the Java SE/EE Executive Committee. After several other recent community departures from the EC, and scathing commentary supplied as comments with the votes from other EC members for the recent Java 7/8, it’s clear that Apache is not alone in it’s dissatisfaction with Oracle’s complete [...]

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Java: no longer free as in speech

6th
Dec. × ’10
By Shane

El Reg has breaking news that the JCP vote on the Java 7/8 JSR’s has passed. Apache and Google voted no, and the rest of the players sadly (but perhaps unsurprisingly) voted yes. This effectively changes the game around Java standards stewardship – you might say it turns the JCP into “Just Customers, Please“, removing [...]

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OpenJDK += Oracle, IBM

12th
Oct. × ’10
By Shane

The big news this week is the sudden move by IBM to join with Oracle in collaborating on the OpenJDK. You can read the formal joint press release, or browse some of the first set of thoughtful commentaries here: IBM’s Bob Sutor talks about the IBM decision to move into OpenJDK – at the expense [...]

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Graphical overview of Sun’s JSPA violations

28th
Mar. × ’09
By Shane

Stephen Colebourne has done an amazing job in explaining Sun’s violations of the JSPA and why it’s important to the ASF and open software. This is a must read for anyone interested in the issue of shipping open or free Java software. There’s a lot of commentary – both pro and con – over the [...]

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