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Why SAP is a Sap

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Glyn Mody
Nov 12, 2009

“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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