Hey, Java fan, are you still anxious about the fate of future Java-related technologies after the Oracle takeover? Well, fear not, because Oracle has put an updated FAQ on the subject! They actually discuss two of the products people have been most agitated about — GlassFish and NetBeans — by name, with varying degrees of reassuringness. The mentions are actually short enough to reproduce here in full. First, on the GlassFish EE server:Oracle plans to continue evolving GlassFish Enterprise Server, delivering it as the open source reference implementation (RI) of the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) specifications, and actively supporting the large GlassFish community. Additionally, Oracle plans to invest in aligning common infrastructure components and innovations from Oracle WebLogic Server and GlassFish Enterprise Server to benefit both Oracle WebLogic Server and GlassFish Enterprise Server customers.Translation: GlassFish is kind of necessary as a reference implementation for Java EE, so we’ll be keeping that around. When it comes to the commercial offering, we’ll still sell it for a while as we figure out if any of its components are better than their analogues in WebLogic. Eventually we hope to sell some kind of Frankenstein combination of the best bits of the two. And what of NetBeans?Oracle has a strong track record of demonstrating commitment to choice for Java developers. As such, NetBeans is expected to provide an additional open source option and complement to the two free tools Oracle already offers for enterprise Java development: Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse. While Oracle JDeveloper remains Oracle’s strategic development tool for the broad portfolio of Oracle Fusion Middleware products and for Oracle’s next generation of enterprise applications, developers will be able to use whichever free tool they are most comfortable with for pure Java and Java EE development: JDeveloper, Enterprise Pack for Eclipse, or NetBeans.Translation: We’ll still host the NetBeans project on our servers, and certainly won’t try to stop anyone from using it! Just give us a call when you want to do serious work, and we’ll get you set up with JDeveloper. Reassuring, right? Oracle also pledges to keep developing OpenOffice, which is relevant because it has a lot of Java dependencies, but mostly I just want to mention that the FAQ section on OpenOffice declares that “OpenOffice is expected to create a compelling desktop integration bridge for our enterprise customers,” which is a hilarious statement that I have no idea what it means.This, of course, assumes that the merger is still on! Right now Sun stock is trading at $8.25, which is a good 13 percent less than Oracle’s $9.50-a-share offer. In other words, investors aren’t entirely convinced Oracle will be able to close the deal, or that it will pay the full promised price if it does. Technology Industry