*Result*: The open conversation.
*Further Information*
*The article discusses corporate battles and lawsuits. Framed in the usual debate between the open-source and open-standards crowds, Java is commonly portrayed as a proprietary wedge struggling for relevance and revenue against the righteous and inevitable triumph of free software. Less religiously, the struggle is between the power of compatibility and the momentum of innovation. International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and BEA systems Inc. argue that the Java Community Process (JCP) slows things too much, while Sun Microsystem's Inc. counters that the JCP is all that stands between Java and the forces of monopoly and lock-in. In this maelstrom stands Sun's new president and chief operating officer, Jonathan Schwartz, who seems to relish his role rather than be perplexed by the apparent impossibility of a resolution. However, he may have hit on the realization that the debate itself is Sun's core asset.*