SDN: Opening Up: Laurie Tolson on Open Source Strategy for the Java Platform

“Jim: Where is Sun in the process of open
sourcing the code for Sun’s Java platform implementations? When can
developers expect to see the code released?

“Laurie: Sun will release several significant
components of Java SE by the end of 2006. We don’t know exactly
which ones yet, but the javac bytecode compiler and the HotSpot
Virtual Machine–among other things–are on the table. The rest of
a buildable JDK will be released in early 2007. In addition, Sun
plans to open source implementations of the Java ME platform (both
CLDC and CDC). We intend to roll this out by the end of 2006. Most
importantly, we’re not doing this in isolation. We want to learn
from successful open source projects how best to go about
this…”

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