Hat full of Java

November 8th, 2007

Red Hat and Sun recently signed some agreements around open-source Java projects and access to the Java TCK. This all goes towards the OpenJDK, and ultimately, having an open and officially recognized JDK on Fedora.

Contrast that to Apple, who some people think is pulling back and away from Java.

For more information about these agreements, see this interview with Sacha Labourey. He explains the expected impact and benefits of these arrangements.

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One Response to “Hat full of Java”

  1. 1 Brian Topping
    November 8th, 2007 at 3:04 pm

    Truly sad that Apple is being so difficult about supporting Java. OS X is far and away the best Java dev platform around, even companies like IntelliJ spend extra money to make it work “just right”.

    But I guess the future is in dashboard widgets and proprietary SDKs with signed apps, huh. Silly me.

    What would really be nice is if Sun would just start supporting OS X. We could get JDKs on time that way. Or maybe that’s why Apple is being so difficult about it. If that’s the case, all I can say is Sun is arguably on the same team, and Apple can afford to share a bit of the wealth of late.

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