The Apache Foundation has proposed creating an open-source version of Java on the desktop, a plan that Sun Microsystems has initially welcomed.
Apache Harmony, a project which plans to create an open source implementation of Java, has called on the Java business community to donate software.
Two initiatives from open-source companies JBoss and LogicBlaze point to the growing encroachment of open-source products on pricey back-end software.
Sun Microsystems will begin releasing significant open-source Java components this year and also will extend the collaborative strategy to the gadget version of the software technology.
IBM has scaled back the ambitions of Gluecode, the open-source start-up it acquired earlier this year, focusing it on a single product.
Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But some experts are suggesting a middle ground.
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The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.
Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
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