I know the general answer to that last statement had always been that Sun was also a slave to the JCP - they put a lot of control in that group. Oracle quickly

I know the general answer to that last statement had always been that Sun was also a slave to the JCP - they put a lot of control in that group. Oracle quickly dismantled that and is now actually improving the language.. however it seems to be losing ground anyway with people embracing other tech for the server now.