Conclusion:
The Java community process is a promising idea from Sun to
make the Java a publicly acceptable and open language. The
overwhelming response to the idea can be seen at the rate at
which JSR's have been proposed and the increasing numbers of the
members in the JCP. In November 2001 the following members
became part of the JCP: EC Apache Software Foundation, Apple, BEA
Systems, Borland, Caldera Systems, Cisco Systems, Compaq,
Ericsson, Fujitsu Limited, HP, IBM, Insignia Solutions, IONA
Technologies, Macromedia, Matsushita Electric Industrial
(Panasonic), Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, PalmSource, Inc., Philips,
RIM, Siemens AG, Sony, Texas Instruments, and Zucotto Wireless.
Apart from these there is an individual member Doug Lea who
represents the research and educational communities. At the time
of writing this article the JCP has over 500 individuals and
company participants.
Companies like IBM, and Apache are not entirely happy with the
JCP as it rests a majority of the power with Sun. Sun is working
towards accommodating the demands of these organizations and
still hold its say over Java. Lets hope this community process
evolves itself into a powerful process that can help augment the
power of Java and also help to create a robust and open Java
community.
Benoy Jose is a web developer with over six years of experience in J2EE and Microsoft technologies. He is a Sun Cetified programmer and enjoys writing technical and non-technical articles for various magazines.
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