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Why SAP is a Sap
Nov 12, 2009, 01 :33 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (1710 reads)

(Other stories by Glyn Moody)

"There's some interesting turbulence in the blogosphere about the following call from Dr. Vishal Sikka, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of SAP:

"To ensure the continued role of Java in driving economic growth, we believe it is essential to transition the stewardship of the language and platform into an authentically open body that is not dominated by an individual corporation. Java should be free of any encumbrances to permit fair competition between compatible implementations for the benefit of customers."

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