Google’s planned mobile operating system, which has been referred to as Android N, will leverage OpenJDK APIs rather than Google’s own Java implementation alone. The move has been praised as good for Java overall and might help the company in its ongoing legal battle with Oracle.
Oracle has griped that Android violates Java copyrights and patents. OpenJDK provides an accessible open source version of Java.
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Many IT initiatives require multiple internal teams, external consultants, and hardware and software companies. Here’s how to assemble and manage a winning coalition.
In all but the simplest projects, multiple parties are generally required to get the job done. This may be a straightforward arrangement, where one team provisions hardware and another does software configuration, or it may be a large team spanning a half-dozen companies and a similar number of internal teams. For the latter scenario, establishing roles and monitoring the various teams can be a project in itself…
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