"Open Source Java is the missing piece of the puzzle to enabling broader open source development from desktop to server. Making Java freely available under the GPL is good for developers, good for the community and, ultimately, good for the customer."

Paul Cormier, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Red Hat

"Intel is very supportive of Sun making Java technologies available as open source software. This move signals a new and positive step in the evolution of the community efforts around Java and helps developers to actively participate in enhancing the Java platform as well as creating the next generation Java applications."

Doug Fisher, General Manager of Systems Software Division at Intel Corporation

"Sun's announcement is great news. With the open-sourcing of Java, the Helix Community can now more easily leverage the Helix DNA Client's JSR135 bindings to bring world class multimedia capabilities to the Java ME platform to enable portable rich media application development. Reducing fragmentation and costs are important to our Helix Community members and Open Source communities are a proven way to achieve those goals."

Jeff Ayars, VP Product Engineering, RealNetworks

"Open sourcing of Java, the language adopted by 5 million developers worldwide, represents a significant milestone for the open source movement. This bold, visionary move not only adds to the popularity and development of Java language, establishing a firm foundation for those enterprises who use open source to build a more open ecosystem for information technology, it also creates a new opportunity for the information industry in China. As a key contributor to the open source movement, after open sourcing Solaris operating system in 2005, Sun Microsystems once again make a major contribution to the open source community."

Mr. Lu Shouqun, Chairman, China Open Source Promotion Union

"The Brazilian Government has a strong and long-running track record of investment in Java Technology, with dozens of mission critical computer systems developed in the Java Platform. It has also actively promoted the usage and development of Free Software in Brazil. As such, the Brazilian Government is very pleased with the news that the Java Platform is being now released under a Free Software license. This decision opens up new possibilities for collaboration and will certainly increase adoption of Java technologies around the world. In particular, we believe that the announcement will create a wide range of new opportunities for the strong and active Brazilian Java development community. It will also benefit companies and institutions throughout the country."

Renato Martini, President, ITI - National Institute of Information Technology, Brazilian Presidency, Brazil