*Result*: Oracle's Open Source Problem.

Title:
Oracle's Open Source Problem.
Authors:
Babcock, Charles cbabcock@techweb.com
Source:
Informationweek. 12/20/2010, Issue 1287, p12-12. 1p.
Subject Terms:
*JAVA programming language, *OPEN source software
Geographic Terms:
UNITED States
Company/Entity:
ORACLE Corp. 144709193 ORCL, JAVA Community Process 2.0 (Organization) , APACHE Software Foundation (Organization)
Database:
Academic Search Index

*Further Information*

*The article reports on the accusation against Oracle Corp. which allegedly failed to meet the obligations as the keeper of the Java open source code in the U.S. It states that the failure of Oracle to meet its obligations negatively affected the competition in Java-based virtual machines. It highlights the resignation of Apache Software Foundation, a key contributor to the Java language, in protest from the Oracle-dominated Java Community Process 2.0 (JCP).*