Community: Beyond an Open Source Java

Mais um artigo defendendo a abertura do código-fonte da plataforma Java.

"The Open Source community would be overjoyed, and the Java user community would be relieved, if Sun were to guarantee the perpetually open nature of Java by Open Source-ing its implementations. But what's in it for Sun?

Quite a bit, actually, because as things stand, Sun is poised to lose big in its upcoming showdown with Microsoft's .NET in the enterprise. A world where Windows reigns supreme is a world where Sun is greatly diminished. Sun needs to do some radical things to improve its chances of survival, and all of them involve Open Source in some form or the other. (...)

J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) is acknowledged as the most robust, scalable and secure framework for building enterprise applications today. It has replaced CORBA as the way to go for large, distributed enterprise apps. Most large organisations (and even a number of smaller ones) have adopted it as their enterprise standard. However, if you put your ear to the ground, you will discover that Microsoft's .NET framework is finding its way even into such organisations as a "tactical solution" for smaller, departmental level projects. It is dangerous for Sun to ignore this trend. In the early nineties, Sun's workstations were far more capable (and far pricier) than the humble PC powered by a lowly Microsoft OS called DOS. Today, Sun has lost the workstation market to an evolved PC, running an evolved Microsoft OS, in spite of its initial advantages in power and openness. The main reasons were price and user-friendliness. Similarly, today, .NET is less mature than J2EE, to be sure, but Sun's complacency can prove to be its nemesis once more."

http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2004022402326OPCYDV

Keywords: value exchange, model assessment, truthfulness, openness

Palavras-chave: segurança virtual

Português: mudança em abertura

Outcomes: model assessment

-- GregorioIvanoff - 28 Aug 2017
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