Stephen Colebourne's "Oracle, Google and the politics of money" is also a great shed of light on this topic: http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/power_corr

Stephen Colebourne's "Oracle, Google and the politics of money" is also a great shed of light on this topic: http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/power_corrupts_absolute_power_corrupts http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/power_corrupts_abso... I kinda agree with Stephen on the damage Oracle does to open source and the added uncertainty for collaborators on the open parts of java. I think Charles underemphasized this aspect.