Sun will eventually turn it over to the JCP, or the JCP will usurp control. A number of entities have been building open source technologies to implement various Java components and libraries. The Free Software Foundation, for instance, is at work on implementations of Java interfaces, tools, and utilities. IBM's Swainson said the entire industry is asking Sun to standardize Java. I don't understand why they continue being the goats.
Some users are less concerned.
Standards battles over Java are like hearing about a civil war 10,000 miles away.