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Sun is simply coat-tailingSun is simply coat-tailingPosted Aug 17, 2006 15:44 UTC (Thu) by tnoo (subscriber, #20427)In reply to: Sun is simply coat-tailing by fredrik Parent article: Coming soon: a free Java
> My interpretation of Sun's real motivation not to open source java
Remember who bought Staroffice and released it under the LGPL?
So maybe not releasing Java was intended to protect Sun's crown jewels?
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Sun is simply coat-tailing Posted Aug 17, 2006 20:12 UTC (Thu) by fredrik (subscriber, #232) [Link] I'm not claiming that it was Sun that was skeptical against open source. Rather I'm arguing that Sun's problem was that they had to convince the more conservative parts of the business software organisations that Java would continue to be a serious endevour, credible enough to be a widely accepted programming environment. As opposed to some kind of akvard social experiment - which is how I believe top management in many business software organisations still perceived anything associated with open source only a couple of years ago.
Of course a lot has happened since then. Sun's experience with Openoffice.org could very well be one factor. The serious interest large business organisations has shown the Apache Harmony project could be another.
Basically, I think it was a matter of being confident that no big player was going to jump ship when Sun changed course.
Fredrik Jonson
Sun is simply coat-tailing Posted Aug 18, 2006 14:38 UTC (Fri) by job (subscriber, #670) [Link] Yeah, well, it's not the first time Sun suffers from split personality.
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