The Apache Foundation has launched a new development effort, dubbed Project Harmony, to build an open source version of Java. Although Sun executives initially expressed support, James Gosling has struck a discordant note, calling the project "destructive."
Java is now ten years old, and a lot has happened since it all began. In many ways, you can say it has been revolutionary to the software development industry, and to the World Wide Web. What's happening to Java now, and what does the next decade have in store? Read DDJ and the Java Newsletter each month to keep up-to-date.
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