程序员之路--关于Sun宣布Java为开放源码的全英文报道!(音频)

Marketplace Report: Sun Goes Open-SourceDay to Day, November 13, 2006 · Sun Microsystems is the creator of software that's used in 3.8 billion mobile phones, computers, medical devices and other gadgets. The company announced Monday that it will make the code for the Java software available for free on the Internet -- a surprising move from a company that once fiercely protected its software. Amy Scott of Marketplace talks with Madeleine Brand about what's behind Sun's decision. 进入我的论坛看整理的全文!!

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Back now with Day to Day I'm Madeleine Brand The software company Sun Microsystems announced a new strategy today. After ten years of fiercely guarding its Java technology, Sun now plans to give it away. Marketplace's Amy Scott joins me now. First of all, Amy, what exactly is Java ? Well, Java is a programming language that developers use to create software and it also allows that software to run on your computer's desktop. Java is also used in other electronics like cellphones and medical devices close to 4 billion computers and gadgets overall. So the code itself is not something the average person really sees but especially if you've used the Internet there is a good chance you're encountering / Java in one way or another. And why would Sun want to give it away? Lately Java has been under threat from other so-called open source products which software developers like because they are free and they allow many users to tweak and perfect them. Java supporters have been pressuring the company for years to make it open source. But Sun Microsystems actually makes most of its money selling hardware and other software programs. Analyst Michael Kote with the research firm RedMonk says, by giving Java away Sun hopes to draw more customers to its other products. Java is something that Sun uses to sort of a make its larger ecosystem thrive and operate effectively so the, the more popular and more widespread the Java is, theoretically, the more benefit that, that Sun gets. 看全文!

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