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August 23, 2004 | Comments: (0)
Biting the hands that feed you
Sun Microsystems apparently has taken a peculiar stance in its relations with Javalobby, a developer community with more than 150,000 members.
Citing business interests, Sun demanded that Javalobby remove from its new JDocs Java documentation Web site several Sun-owned APIs, including J2EE and JavaServer Faces, according to Javalobby founder Rick Ross.
Sun has declined to comment on the situation, other than to say it is working on a resolution with Javalobby. But I have to ask, how can it be in Sun's business interests to upset your own loyal users? How, exactly, would Sun lose income by letting the Javalobby people post the APIs on their own Web site?
All this is happening while Sun has found itself defending its position as steward of the Java programming language and fending off a tide of cries to make Java available through an open source format. This incident only gives credence to those who claim Sun still wants tight-fisted control over Java, and only serves to upset more people.
I say, live and let live - let Javalobby post the APIs and do not bite the hands that feed you.
Posted by Paul Krill on August 23, 2004 03:03 PM
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