If we were to rank the top 10 technologies that have had the greatest impact on the global IT industry over the past 20 years, Java would undoubtedly be in the top three. On September 27th, during the Sun Tech Days event held in Beijing, James, the global vice president of Sun Microsystems and the father of Java, arrived in Beijing to meet with Java developers and share important trend information about Java's current status and future development. He also addressed related sensitive issues in an interview with journalists.
"Microsoft keeps charging, while Sun keeps giving things away for free."
The success of a technology largely depends on its business model. Sun Microsystems and Microsoft are two major companies that have significantly influenced the software industry. Despite some cooperation, their competitive relationship is undeniable. Recently, we've seen these two companies taking very different paths: Microsoft charges for everything, while Sun continues to open-source and give away its software for free. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to thrive. As the father of Java, is James satisfied with the strategy of continuously "devaluing" Java? How does he view the open-sourcing of Java SE? What has been the benefit after Java SE was open-sourced? Has the involvement of more developers increased the value of Java SE?