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IcedTea: The First 100% Compliant Open-Source Java

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Java
Topics
Governance,
Licensing,
Open Source,
Community

The IcedTea project has passed the Java Test Compatibility Kit, becoming the first 100% open-source licensed Java implementation to be completely verified as Java-compliant.

IcedTea Bridges Open-Source Gap with OpenJDK

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Java
Topics
Governance,
Licensing,
Open Source,
Community

It has been over a year since OpenJDK was officially released by Sun. The IcedTea project has been created to help remove encumbrances in its adoption by the open-source community.

Sun purchases MySQL: Perspectives and Analysis on the Impact

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.NET,
Ruby,
Java
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Web 2.0,
Business,
Announcements,
Open Source,
Community,
Acquisitions

In a move which caught many off guard, Sun Microsystems announced that it would be acquiring MySQL AB, the company which owns and develops the MySQL database, for $1 Billion USD. InfoQ analyzed the announcement and reactions and spoke with Kevin Harvey, Chairman of the MySQL board of directors, to learn more about this deal and what it may mean for the future.

InfoQ Article: Deploying Java Apps on Fedora Core

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Java
Topics
Linux,
Open Source

GCJ is a portable, optimizing, ahead-of-time Java compiler. Fedora Core 4 was the first release to include a lot of Java code compiled with GCJ. This article by GCJ lead Tom Tromey explains the status of the GCJ project and how to use gcj to compile native RPMs on RedHat Fedora Core.