NetworkWorld: Sun CTO: Incremental Open-Sourcing of Java is the Way

“Expect the open-sourcing of the Java programming language to be
done in incremental steps, with some pieces available by next
June–but not the entire platform, Robert Brewin, co-CTO of Sun’s
software group, said Monday afternoon.

“Interviewed in Palo Alto, Calif., Brewin cited the magnitude of
the processes involved in offering Java via open source. ‘It’s a
huge body of code,’ Brewin said. Due diligence, such as making sure
code is unencumbered, must be done, he said…”

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