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TechWeb: Jini: Start Of ‘Semi-Open’ Source Movement

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 28, 1999

“This time next year, people might be talking about the
semi-open source movement.”

“Sun Microsystems released the new Java software platform Monday
to let developers connect a wide range of devices to a network —
from PDAs to household appliances.

“As bait to lure people to the platform, Sun released Jini under
an arrangement that shares some elements with open source, but lets
developers keep more of the innovations they make.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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