Oracle’s chief Java architect, Mark Reinhold, lashed out today at Red Hat and IBM’s opposition, saying the companies are simply guarding their own interests. In an open letter to the Java ...

[Click on image for larger view.] Java Platform Support from Oracle (source: Oracle). [Click on image for larger view.] Language Support for Java(TM) by Red Hat (source: Oracle). Oracle noted that ...

This top-down control has caused ... platform development even if IBM or Red Hat took over lead development of the Java EE specification. Ultimately, Oracle would still have access.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has stated ... leaning towards simply appropriating what Red Hat produces and building a support services business on top of it rather than buying up a distributor ...