Sun Open Sources Java

[Gregor Richards]

Zz wrote:
> I'm not a java fan but I found this interesting.
> 
> You might find this interesting.
> It includes the compiler and HotSpotVM.
> 
> http://openjdk.java.net/
> 
> For the Compiler and HotSpotVM which is in C++
> http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/
> 
> Zz

Sun is doing as good a job F/OSS-ing Java as they did F/OSS-ing 
"Open"Solaris.

Or, to put it bluntly: Java is not F/OSS. Some chunks of it which are 
useless in isolation are. It probably never will be wholly F/OSS. The 
only product Sun has every successfully F/OSS'd is OpenOffice.

  - Gregor Richards

PS: This is very old news ;)