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Java always had an awesome open source community around it that produced frameworks, libraries and tools that inspired many other communities. but at it's core,
by itaysk 10y ago
Java always had an awesome open source community around it that produced frameworks, libraries and tools that inspired many other communities. but at it's core, Oracle was and still is the exact opposite of open (JVM, J2EE as examples). That makes me wander why Java was always considered the icon of open source.
- StevePerkins 10y agoI would argue that Java's success owes more to Maven Central that it does to anything Sun or Oracle did with the language itself. Maven Central is Java's CPAN, and that's what you need in order to build a thriving open source ecosystem.