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Reference: Mr.Joshua Marinacci’s Blog Real bugs will be fixed faster and non-bugs will be closed faster than ever. Java won’t fork. Few developers will have incentive to fork Java. It’s a lot of work for little gain. Branches for new features or new platform support: yes. A true fork: no. Not even MS has muchContinue reading “How will open source change Java?”

Sun had announced the open sourcing of more components of the Java platform under GPL2 License yesterday. Sun’s promise to open Java is well underway to being fulfilled. The components that are being released are the Java C Compiler, HotSpot VM (Virtual Machine), and the Java Helpdesk. Technorati tags: Sun, Java, OpenSource