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Executives at Sun Microsystems announced in May 2006 at the JavaOne conference, which was held in San Francisco, that the company will release Sun Java to the open-source software community. This has raised concerns that Java might eventually become fragmented into multiple versions by different open-source developers. If Java becomes fragmented into different distributions, this could create a compatibility issue for many companies. It would also lead to questions regarding security, scalability, and quality. No other details have been released yet by Sun, although executives have confirmed that the company needs to set a policy about its open-source strategy. The company has not released any details about how it will deal with licensing either. According to Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's chief executive officer, releasing Java's source code to the open-source community will result in Java being more widely used by software developers. Programs that will be open-sourced include Java Message System, NetBeans Enterprise Pack, Sun Java System Portal Server, Sun Java Studio Creator, and Business Process Execution Language. Certain components of Sun's Web Service Interoperability Technology will also be released as open source code, including metadata, messaging and security.
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