Sun Microsystems to simplify its Java license

March 16, 2005     (Page four of four)

The Mustang update will also look to simplify Java programming and make it easier to incorporate programs written in scripting languages such as Perl, Python or PHP, he added. It will include the software created by the Java Specification Request 223, a working group that is designing changes to Java that will enable Web pages created with scripting languages to run in server Java applications.

During the development of Mustang, Sun will release the source-code and binary versions of the software as it's built, rather than deliver it as a single package once it's completed, Reinhold said. The company, based in Santa Clara, Calif., also plans to release regular updates to the Mustang software every other month for bug fixes and other changes.

Until now, major overhauls to the Java software were done every two to three years.

Sun changed to a quicker release schedule because the existing system "did not allow us to be as nimble as we'd like, especially in the face of competing platforms like (Microsoft's) .Net," Reinhold said.

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