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wmf on Oct 4, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Java as we know it is over. Time to fork?

What's wrong is that Oracle won't (ever) allow Harmony to be called Java Compatible™, even though it is.

whatajoke on Oct 4, 2010 | [–]

> What's wrong is that Oracle won't (ever) allow Harmony to be called Java Compatible, even though it is.

The same can be said of a fork. It will not be allowed to run the Java test suite (I forget the name) and certify itself Java.

Edit : Typo

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