[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
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“SearchOpenSource.com: The press and punditry have been
on this ‘Java should be open’ bandwagon for a while now. Well, why
should Java be open?“Laurie Tolson: We believe Java is at a point
in time in its lifecycle where it is seen as mature from the
standpoint of the Java community. The applications compatibility is
there; we have programs in place that are at the level of maturity
where people want them to be free and open. In the earlier days,
there was always the premise that this is what people wanted. But,
in those early days, opening [Java] was not as easy to do–to just
open up and rally around. Now people know what [an open Java]
should look like. Today, Java is also getting into the Linux space,
with developers and software that want you to be open source, and
with this move, Java can now play there more efficiently…”