More Sun news: Sun promises to open-source Java

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Thursday 18 May 2006 00:00, Derek Broughton wrote:
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> What?  Is it April 1 already?
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> I'll be thrilled if it happens, but I'm not holding my breath.
I wouldn't be that surprised if they did, although they probably would take a 
while to do so. It makes compelling economic sense for Sun to Open source 
Java.
1. Whenthey open sourced Solaris their profit jumped significantly
2. User base would increase, and if home users are using it for free, they 
don't care, because these are not people who would have payed anyway, but 
they might bring it to their workplace if they know it and are comfortable 
with it = more money
3. Why not? They have nothing to lose and it would endear them to the Open 
Source community, who they might want something from in the future
4. There are those who will not use any program which is not open source

Sasha