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I don't think I agree that the next Java will come out of OSS community. I think the reason Java has become what it is has to do with the safety (no matter how

• kls 16y ago
  Java became what it is today, because of the Microsoft monopoly, people where looking for any alternative platform to develop on, that did not have Microsoft lock-in. The problem was that you still needed to deliver on Microsoft platforms to get any user base. Java offered a viable solution to that problem at the time because one could develop an application for the UNIX market while still keeping a foot in the Windows market, should the landscape shift. With more and more server products moving the Microsoft, Java was a way to hedge staying on an alternative platform while still having a quick transition strategy to Microsoft should be required. Those market realities do not exist today and as always developer mind share is key to a language success, I would argue that it's the only key to a language of success. It has been proven time and time again where the developers go the market follows. All languages that have gained popularity since Java have been open source languages with the exception of Objective-C and the .net languages. The two most dominant web languages PHP and Python are both open source language.