Impact of IBM's acquisition of sun on the future of glassfish, netbeans, and javafx

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Special reports: Transfer IBM wants to acquire sun for $6.5 billion

【It168 analysis comment] After the Wall Street Journal exposed the news that IBM may have acquired sun, major media around the world quickly followed up on this industry news. For Java developers, you may want to know more about the future impact of Java and Java-related products if this happens.

There have been rumors for years that sun will be the target of the acquisition, but according to the Wall Street JournalArticleAccording to the information provided, this rumor may turn into reality. However, this article also pointed out that such heavyweight transactions may face some obstacles, such as anti-monopoly review and shareholder approval.

Most people think that software, including Java, will not have a major impact on this rumor transaction. Many insiders said that IBM and sun have a huge overlap in the software business, so software is not the key to facilitating this transaction. However, for those of us active in Java DevelopmentCommunityFor anyone, any acquisition of JavaProgramming LanguageAnd the impact of the platform is what interests us the most.

The peripheral system of Java is powerful enough. Even if Sun is acquired, everything built around Java will continue to exist within several years. However, there are two things that no doubt Sun still
It will have a significant impact on the direction of the Java language and Java platform, and this direction is also difficult to avoid being affected by the acquisition of sun. In the past, IBM contributed a lot to the Java field. For example:
For example, it has open-source eclipse, has webshere application server and other commercial products, and actively participates in java standard development JCP. In addition, it has made significant contributions to Literature websites such as developworks.

Although Sun's acquisition may bring minor changes to the overall Java programming language and platform direction, its impact on specific Java components and specific Java-related products will not
Usually obvious. In my opinion, the future of the three products makes me very interesting, such as netbeans, glassfish, and javafx. In addition, it
I am also curious about the impact of Se 7.

Netbeans
Ideas has several features that I like very much, including its support for JavaScript and Ruby, its integration with glassfish, and its swing GUI.
Builder. At the same time, what I really appreciate is that developers need an open-source free Java IDE. Given that IBM
An important identity in IDE, as well as the battle between eclipse and netbeans, We Have To Be Confused: If IBM acquired sun, netbeans
In the near future and in the long run. Although netbeans is an open-source project, the impact and development from sun employees still play an important role in it. This means that although the netbeans item
The project will continue to exist, but it is difficult to develop as quickly as it has been in recent years due to the lack of financial support in the future.

I like the glassfish Application Server very much,
Because it allows users to experience the latest features of Java Enterprise Edition, and its installation and use are relatively simple. Because IBM already has its own commercial application services in WebSphere
Whether it will invest a lot of enthusiasm to continue developing an open-source replacement for its own products. Like netbeans, this project may be divided, but it also faces
The same risk: lack of promoters, a decline in support, and a delay in launching new features.

Original article: IBM and Sun: Future of glassfish, netbeans, and javafx