Well, with Oracle having been in control of Java for a week or so, now, and Sun’s former CEO quitting via Tweet haiku, we can start to take stock a little of the future of the Java platform. This JavaLobby roundup for JCP member reactions is intriguing just for its sheer hopefulness about the future of that crucial aspect of the Java community. Even IBM’s Mark Thomas is saying nice things about looking forward to working with Oracle, though they have feeling of being growled through gritted teeth. Of course, much of that hope centers on a JCP resolution Oracle proposed more than two years ago to open the process up further. Even the We’ll see how that works out now that Oracle is in control; by their nature, corporations are even less likely to act outside their immediate self-interest than individuals are, even if it makes them obviously hypocritical.Meanwhile, the rumors of insanely widespread layoffs seem not to have come true just yet, although my unfiltered feed of blogs.sun.com have featured plenty of “My last day at Sun/Oracle” posts. One whole project that has been put out to pasture is Darkstar, a Java-language server aimed at MMORPGs and social networking sites. The Register derided it as a vanity project, and it seems that these sorts of initiatives will be the ones to go in the first wave. The question is how the core Java team will be cut, or reorganized. Technology Industry