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Linux Pipeline Newsletter www.LinuxPipeline.com WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2006 In This Issue: - Sun To Make Java Open-Source Software - ICANN Turns Down .XXX Domain In Controversial Vote - Sun, Microsoft Team To Improve Java-.Net Interoperability - More News... - Sun's Open-Source Java Plan: Many Questions, Very Few Answers - IBM Bets Big On Open Source In Next Lotus Notes Release - Ballmer: Linux Gains Set Microsoft R&D Agenda - More Picks... Join InformationWeek and HP for a FREE, live TechWebCast and gain insights to the irresistible power of change management to drive large scale organizational change like ITIL and a proven approach to harnessing it, with examples of client successes. Wednesday,June 7,2006 - 9:00-10:00 AM PT/12:00-1:00 PM ET "http://www.techweb.com/webcasts/changemgt060706" ----------------------------------------- Editor's Note: Bored No More Before announcing yesterday that it would release Java under an open-source license, Sun's executives might have considered the matter very carefully. They might have debated the pros and cons of open-source Java; invited outside experts to weigh in on the matter; and then settled on a carefully-timed plan for getting the job done. But they didn't. Rich Green, Sun's prodigal software boss, said yesterday about Sun's decision to open-source Java: "At this point, it's not a question of whether. It's a question of how." Actually, if it was a question of "how," we would still be waiting. Here's what we know so far: Java will, in the not-too-distant future, be available under an OSI-approved open-source license. Here's what Sun knows about its plan, that it hasn't told us yet: nothing. In fact, I'll bet that the entirety of Sun's open-source master plan for Java consisted of the following steps: Step One: Wait for the ink to dry on Scott McNealy's resignation letter. Step Two: Send an intern downstairs to make sure McNealy's parking spot is empty. Step Three: Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green flip a coin to see who gets to make the announcement. Taking care of the details on this improv act won't be a problem, mostly because Sun has more experience organizing, launching, and managing open-source projects than almost any other for-profit organization on the planet. Even if Sun's lack of planning was a problem, the alternative -- another JavaOne event filled with day after day of inane, pointless yapping over the open-source Java "debate" -- was probably too hellish to contemplate. As one analyst, Red Monk's James Governor, said yesterday, "I hope Sun moves onward with it quickly, because I'm really bored with the question." Amen, brother. See you next week.
Matt McKenzie
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French Senate Waters Down DRM-Interop Bill Editor's Picks Sun's Open-Source Java Plan: Many Questions, Very Few Answers Sun is finally committing its "crown jewels" to a completely Open-Source future. But for thousands of developers, and millions of end-users, details such as who will manage the code, when they will take control, and which licensing model they will use, remain sketchy.
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