Looks like there's some rumble of a joint counter attempt by Oracle &
HP. The numbers don't look close to IBM's though:

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/03/26/oracle_hp_joint_sun_deal/

On Mar 27, 5:36 am, kirk <kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Van Riper wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:18 PM, jharby <jha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> The agreement to join the JCP really
> >> gives a good deal of power to Sun 
> >> -http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/JSPA2.pdf
>
> > I'm not disagreeing with assessment that Sun has more than its fair
> > share of influence in the activities of the JCP. However, I don't see
> > it being due to the structure of this legal agreement. I'm no lawyer,
> > but, this agreement seems to me to be mainly about making clear that
> > contributions to the JCP must be unencumbered IP. Not really seeing
> > where this particular legal document gives Sun any particular power
> > that IBM would inherit through acquisition. Please enlighten me.
>
> > Thanks, Van
>
> Sun does have veto power on just about everthing and try to get an
> unbundled version of the JDK from Oracle, IBM and others. Point is, you
> can't. This may not be in this particular document but this document
> doesn't cover all the details. Right now one has to agree with Apache,
> Sun isn't following their own rules.
>
> Kirk
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