http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2010/10/11/news-analysis-oracle-and-ibm-partner-on-java/ Your buy side advocate for enterprise apps strategies, vendor selection, & contract negotiations Mon, 21 May 2012 23:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2010/10/11/news-analysis-oracle-and-ibm-partner-on-java/comment-page-1/#comment-7553 Kevin Schmidt Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:33:18 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=6414#comment-7553 I doubt Android ends up on OpenJDK. I'm sure Google wants to move faster than the JCP would allow and probably has made changes and tailored Harmony to suit their needs in such a way that Oracle/IBM wouldn't like. I doubt Android ends up on OpenJDK. I’m sure Google wants to move faster than the JCP would allow and probably has made changes and tailored Harmony to suit their needs in such a way that Oracle/IBM wouldn’t like.

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2010/10/11/news-analysis-oracle-and-ibm-partner-on-java/comment-page-1/#comment-7547 R "Ray" Wang Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:25:43 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=6414#comment-7547 Kevin - that is a great point. Harmony will be a significant issue as we expect Google to go it alone on its Java path. This will be an old guard vs new guard issue soon. What do you think? - Ray Kevin – that is a great point. Harmony will be a significant issue as we expect Google to go it alone on its Java path. This will be an old guard vs new guard issue soon. What do you think? – Ray

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2010/10/11/news-analysis-oracle-and-ibm-partner-on-java/comment-page-1/#comment-7537 Kevin Schmidt Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:11:32 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=6414#comment-7537 While no doubt this wasn't a primary reason for the collaboration, a nice side benefit for Oracle is getting IBM to abandon Apache Harmony upon which Android is based. What happens to Harmony now? While no doubt this wasn’t a primary reason for the collaboration, a nice side benefit for Oracle is getting IBM to abandon Apache Harmony upon which Android is based. What happens to Harmony now?

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