A Red Hat exec fears Oracle may control Java more tightly than Sun Microsystems did, while others take a more sanguine perspective. Opinions in the community remain split on the matter
Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) and Sun Microsystems Inc. announced plans on Monday to co-operate on developing Java bindings to the OpenGL application programming interface (API).
The biggest challenge facing Java is a marketing one, agreed panellists pondering the issue of "Supercharging Java with Web Services" at a keynote at the Web Services Edge conference, which was held alongside TechXNY/PC Expo at New York's Javits Convention Center last month.
The biggest challenge facing Java is a marketing one, agreed panelists pondering the issue of "Supercharging Java with Web Services" at a Web Services Edge keynote in New York Tuesday. The Web Services Edge conference is being held alongside TechXNY/PC Expo this week at New York's Javits Convention Center.
Providing a consistent way to run Java programs on PCs, cell phones and other client computers is the next hurdle in the evolution of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology, the head of Sun's Java and XML (Extensible Markup Language) software group said Monday.