The Oracle Acquisition: What It Really Meant for Java Open Source
The Oracle Acquisition: What It Really Meant for Java Open Source It's been a few months since Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, and as someone who's been working with Java since the early 2000s, I wanted to share my thoughts on what this really means for us developers and the open source community. Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2009, taking over the development and future of Java, and honestly, the community was divided. Some feared corporate control would stifle innovation, while others hoped Oracle's resources would accelerate development. The Open Source Landscape Back then, our toolkit was quite different from today. Here's what we were working with- // Spring 3.0 had just been released - this was cutting edge! @Configuration @EnableWebMvc public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer { @Bean public ViewResolver viewResolver() { InternalResourceViewResolver resolver = new InternalResourceV...