Java Thriving in Oracle's hands
By Tori Wieldt on Sep 12, 2012
IDC has published a Technology Assessment of Oracle's
stewardship of Java titled "The State of Java: Two and a Half
Years After the Acquisition." The overall IDC opinion is that
Java under Oracle's stewardship is thriving.
Report highlights include:
- The successful delivery of Java SE 7, which had been stalled at Sun Microsystems
- Articulation of realistic road maps for Java EE 7 and Java SE 8
- The healthy growth of the Java ecosystem
- The decisiveness with which Oracle handled the Apache Harmony dispute
- Key vendors joining the OpenJDK including IBM, Apple, and SAP
- More and more programming languages being hosted on the Java Virtual Machine(JVM)
- Java's role in major computing trends including Mobile, Cloud, Big Data and Social
You can access the full report here (PDF).
Has it ever crossed your mind, whether an Oracle open source mobile OS would make you a big competitor from rivals? An open-source OS would pull a huge community contribution since I believe java programming is the most widely adopted worldwide both commercially and inhouse but least advertised in terms of apps (some people never know there using a java up until the see the logo on the app's window) :D
Posted by guest on September 13, 2012 at 10:56 AM PDT #