Finally, Sun Preps Open Source Java Release? May 7, 2007, 14 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (6509 reads) (Other stories by Rodney Gedda)
"Some twelve months have passed since Sun Microsystems promised to open source the venerable Java programming language, but the industry is yet to see the code, which should now be available within a few weeks.
"With the title of chief open source officer, up from chief technology evangelist, Sun's Simon Phipps is certainly privy to the company's open source software strategy and believes an open source Java is coming 'in the next couple of weeks...'"