SUN Promises to Open-Source JAVA

Filed in: Open Source — May 17th, 2006

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Sun promises to make JAVA open source but haven’t decide HOW to do it.

Open-source advocates have urged Sun for years to open-source the Java programming language, but the company has resisted, citing compatibility concerns and fear of losing control. Now the company has promised that Java will become open source.

“The question is not whether we will open-source Java, the question is how,” Schwartz reiterated.

[Read Sun promises to open-source Java | CNET News.com]

My two cents

I am not a Java developer (well, I am not a “developer”), but I think many Java developers will love to see open-sourced JAVA. What would you do with the source code? I used to dig into the code lines to find out what’s behind a function. Just like digging a gold mine. :)

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  • Mr. Bear
    What will you do with the source code?
    Bear wan to find and eat java bugs. Full of kopi kau kau.
  • Well I am sort of a java developer. Well more like a 'maintainer' anyway.

    I maintain large insurance system written in javq.

    I personally am NOT excited at all that java may go the open sourc way

    see no immediate advantage in opening standard import/libraries and seeing the source...

    perhaps its because I am not a power user... :)
  • Mr. Bear
    it is not about power user. It is about keeping annoying problems at bay. some times with commercial products, the returned parameter have to be remapped to the correct values using another class or function to patch the difference. while had it done right the first time, the patch is not needed at all.

    while it is close source, the problem last as long as the owner fix it. if it is open, problem can be traced down to the code of lines and fixed in matters of minutes.

    that is oso why open source tools in general, get fixed faster cos ppl get to do it right immediately rather than to wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait....

    and ppl dun like the fix? bear fork bear version.
  • I consider myself a hard-core J2EE developer. To me, open sourcing Java is not seen as something a hype. After all, the completed Java source code has already been readily available. If you find a specific method (function) to be buggy or doesn't cater to your need, simply extend the class and overwrite it will do, or extract the method and modify it to your needs.
  • Mr. Bear
    simply extend the class and overwrite it will do, or extract the method and modify it to your needs.

    yeah... cute bugs... that did not work as described... only a few gets it right and the rest to find it again, and later somebody else to rediscover it and to fix it the other way...
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