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Sun is simply coat-tailingSun is simply coat-tailingPosted Aug 17, 2006 20:12 UTC (Thu) by fredrik (subscriber, #232)In reply to: Sun is simply coat-tailing by tnoo Parent article: Coming soon: a free Java
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
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