Thanks, Dan for putting me right! This is excellent news as
previously the licence under which Sun released it was seen as a
signficant barrier by some commentators to its adoption.

Gervas

--- In jini_javaspaces@yahoogroups.com, Dan Creswell <dan@...> wrote:
>
> Gervas Douglas wrote:
> > <<As I am sure you have noticed, there has been quite a bit of
> > momentum around LAMP in the industry, ranging from innovators like
> > Google, Yahoo!, and Amazon, to the "Web 2.0" crowd like Friendster,
> > MySpace, and Flickr. In addition, LAMP has increasing usage in the
> > enterprise.
> >
> > The "P" languages in LAMP — PHP, Python, and Perl — are all open
> > source, and each provide their own virtual machine. It would be ideal
> > if the Java JVM was open source so that open source projects like PHP
> > could join up with the Java Virtual Machine. In turn, Java would be
> > much more competitive with .Net, which supports numerous languages out
> > of the box. Initiatives like adding dynamic language support in the
> > JVM will not go far if Java can not meet existing languages on a
> > common ground of open source.
> >
> > What is unfortunate about Sun's open source strategy is that it is
> > very unclear. Can you please answer the following question with a
> > single coherent sentence that people can remember and repeat? If I ask
> > five Sun employees this question, I get five different answers, so
> > having simple answers to these questions will clearly help your own
> > workforce as well as your customers and prospects!
> >
> > "Why is it good to open source OpenSolaris and OpenOffice and bad to
> > open source Java?">>
> >
> > You can read this blog at:
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p='87&tag==nl.e027>
> >
> > No how about Sun opensourcing its neglected Orphan Java Technologies
> > like, J/JS, Mr. Schwartz? New paradigm shifts in enterprise
>
>
> Errr I think I'm missing something: Jini/JavaSpaces is opensource.
It's
> all released under Apache License v2 and has been for some time:
>
> http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-10/sunflash.20051019.5.xml
>
> > architecture such as SOA and composite apps represent a great
> > opportunity for J/JS, if the technology were not tied to Sun's
control...
> >
> > Gervas
> >
> >
>
> Dan
>