Jason Stamper wonders out loud what would happen ifwhen IBM acquires Jonathan Schwartz’s blog:
Insiders say that if IBM does indeed close the deal, the package will include not just Jonathan Schwartz’s blog – and all associated branding including the rights to use the term ‘Jonathan’s Blog’ — but also an ancilliary hardware, systems and software business that IBM is believed to think “could come in handy if the ass falls out of the blogging market”.
More relevant to more people, Stephen Colebourne finding signs that Java 7 may never happen, as Sun is merely using open source to retain tight control over the platform:
However, unless anyone is being particularly naive, it should be clear that if there is to be a Java 7 specification then it would be fully defined by what is in Open JDK, not by the JSR process. Do you think that Sun would remove things already in OpenJDK were the JCP to so decide? Er, no.