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Smart Reseller: Oracle To Sun: Make Java Open Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 11, 1998

“Oracle Corp. is calling on Sun Microsystems Inc. to put Java
into the open source community.”

“Sun should still decide what goes into Sun-blessed Java, but if
they open the process, all those freeware versions of Java would
have a lot less momentum,” said Kevin Walsh, vice president of
Oracle’s Intel Technologies Division, in an interview at Oracle
Open World in San Francisco. “Linux is in many ways a reaction to
Java. Open source is a different development model then what Sun
has been pursuing, but it still merits consideration.”

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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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