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Open-Source Java SE Project Hits Milestone

Eclipse is now running in a clean-room JVM

By Alex Handy

March 15, 2006 — (Page 1 of 2)
According to leaders of the Apache Software Foundation project to create an open version of the core Java Standard Edition components, Eclipse is now running in a clean-room JVM developed under the project.

Harmony project manager Geir Magnusson Jr. said the effort has progressed smoothly toward its goal, thanks to the significant contributions from IBM and Intel.

“We’re making incredible progress,” said Magnusson. “We now have enough of a core class library to run Eclipse, or will in the next week or so. I think of it as a momentum story. Java is this really heavy freight train. We’ve gotten the train moving a little bit, but it’s massive, and that’s big momentum.”

Paul Buck, director of Gluecode development at IBM, said the company currently has six engineers working on the project part-time. He said that their contributions to Harmony have been steady, and that in a year he hoped to see the runtime graduate out of the Apache incubator, where it is currently held.

Both Magnusson and Buck were optimistic about the benefits of an open-source Java runtime, though they were also quick to point out that the project is in no way meant to be seen as an attack on Sun, which through the Java Community Process effectively controls the evolution and licensing of the Java platforms. The Harmony components will be distributed under the Apache License version 2.0.

“This is not an anti-Sun effort,” said Magnusson. “We’re interested in seeing wider acceptance of Java. Right now there are a lot of things limiting the porting of Java to new platforms. We still believe it’s necessary because we think an open-source licensed implementation of Java that is 100 percent compatible provides a lot of opportunities for all members of the ecosystem to make Java run on new systems, and to give the research community ways to evolve the state of virtual machine technology. I think virtual machine technology is on the cutting edge of computer science.”

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