"The question raised by most," added Johnson, "is how will Oracle continue to innovate the Java language? Java leadership has fortunately (for SpringSource) gradually moved away from Sun. The Java world does not have the dependence on Sun that it had five to 10 years ago. We are optimistic about the future of Java...but we don't see Sun/Oracle doing much to advance it in any way."
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I suppose the sign of a healthy ecosystem is that it can go in directions you wouldn't have expected.
