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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it had begun to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free on the Internet.
The announcement represents one of the largest additions of computer code to the open-source community - and it marks a major shift for a company that had once fiercely protected the source code used in 3.8 billion cell phones, supercomputers, medical devices and other gadgets.
Santa Clara-based Sun said it is making nearly all of Java's source code - excluding small pockets of code that aren't owned by Sun - available under the GNU General Public License. The same type of license also covers the distribution of the core, or kernel, of the popular open-source operating system Linux, which competes against Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
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Posted 14 November 2006 - 09:25 AM
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WOOHOO!!!
That's all I can say :)
That's all I can say :)
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Posted 14 November 2006 - 03:01 PM
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I agree! Maybe now it will actually work!
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Posted 19 November 2006 - 12:13 PM
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WEW thats a good thing!!
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Posted 19 November 2006 - 11:51 PM
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Speaks fluent binary
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Posted 20 November 2006 - 07:40 AM
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It means that you will be able to modify how the code actually works. New version with extended features will begin to pop up everywhere.
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Posted 22 November 2006 - 10:11 AM
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lol well see what this fuss is all about but I think its a good think for developers!
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Posted 24 November 2006 - 09:23 AM
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yes, very good thing!!
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Posted 24 November 2006 - 01:43 PM
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Yeah I know it is a good thing for Java programmers, although it will not affect( or effect Im not sure which one lol ) me as long as I dont use Java but I feel happy for the Java programmers! and I feel happy for myself so when I will run somthing in Java it may be better! thanks to open-source!
