It wouldn't matter what was underneath, as long as the computer could run a Java virtual machine. But Sun overpromised and underdelivered. Java virtual machines are too slow. To make matters worse, Sun mismanaged the upgrade process, so improvements were slow to come. By contrast, the Open Source movement proposes a new, innovative business model.
Companies make money by distributing the best new features and then selling service and support.
The concept achieved its first big success in the Linux world, with companies such as Red Hat. Click for more . Now it is spreading. Sun could revive the Java dream by making it an open source product. Unhappily, asking Sun CEO Scott McNealy to take that route is like asking Saddam Hussein to fix Serbia.