i have been advocating over the issue of Glassfish, for Google to become a thriving web company, needs to get in the enterprise space with something more than AppEngine, and the best place to do for Java what Google has done for mobile Android, is on Enterprise Java, settle with Oracle, start paying them a royalty, which is standard practice, and get the assets of the acquired Sun middleware quotient in-house, so that Google can use the ESB, IDE, App Server, and MySQL to build out a yearly release of software that can be utilized within businesses, that want to stay away from united Microsoft strategy, right before they release .Net for real, Java is still the best hedge and it is enough to keep Microsoft at bay, and Google at its nearly zenith of power, is well positioned to take on the monopolist on the terms that were set by iPlanet and BEA some ten years ago, around cross-functional, portable apps and components, along with JBoss and Spring Source, to take on Microsoft round them up, and defeat Redmond once and for all, it is time to do this, and only Google has the resources possible to invest in a strategy to gut out Microsoft, and hound them until the ultimate demise of the trans-product category behemoth, putting them in to a place that they have never been: non-standard for enterprise investment, only Google knows how to do this now, not even Oracle, itself can take down Microsoft is there anywhere left for Java developers to turn than to trust Google to invest in real middleware, the type for servers, so that they can have a marketplace for their talents, and continue to innovate around enterprise java, it is time for Google to come up with a plan and until they do, they will have to go to great lengths to fight off Bing, as Microsoft continues to make tons of money off of its enterprise Windows, time t take them out, while you can…. Glassfish intrigues, it is at home right now in a company that does not need it, and presumably does not even want it, and would be glad to get some value for their software acquisition of Sun, and only Google can help, and by putting the Glassfish projects directly on Google Code, there will be that much more repeat traffic coming back for more Google developer technologies, until Google does this, they are just a bit player in the enterprise, yet they should not be, they should be pouring resources in to new markets, and stop over-the long-term paralysis by focusing on search, time to move on, and go after new sources of revenue, and defeat Microsoft everywhere, they are reeling, it just is going to take until investment in middleware is more than just about the cloud, which is a bit market, in itself, it is time to get in to the enterprise software market for real, and invest where no one else has the guts to invest and immediately take-on Microsoft before they get too much of a lead, via Biz Talk and Great Plains, get going on just one piece of the puzzle via Glassfish, and watch as the rest of the pieces fall in to place, Google Code is custom built for the annual yet always ongoing release of major software, that businesses want, it is time to take on Microsoft where they are the most vulnerable, where Java has reigned since day one, and go in to the application server software battle, right now…. Android momentum will stall, unless Google engages with Oracle around Java, never has their interests more closely aligned, and the fight over mobile Java is a secondary still to enterprise java, for everyone other than Microsoft, so why fight among family, which is what is going on with the lawsuit around Android, but it can change, and both companies definitely need to reach out to each other, and stop giving Microsoft breathing room to stay alive, i know of a developer who lives Microsoft, but is starting to waver since the company is so far behind in nearly everything it does, except for professional developers, this is where they remain strong, and as long as the two biggest Java proponents ravage each other in the court of public opinion nothing is going to go differently, change is needed, Glassfish is in need, Google has the money, Oracle has the assets, just make a swap, and let developers who have spent their entire careers routinely defending Java, stay within the fold, nothing would be more damaging than some spilled-over lawsuit, that has no time-table for completion, that would be a remarkable failure by Google, with enough cash to pay-up, and enough home-built intensity to pull-off the Glassfish initiative, it is time…. Long ago, i worked on the predecessor to to Glassfish at Sun, gone are the dreamy-eyed theories of Sun being a software company, but Google is one, and they could easily become an terrific enterprise vendor, rather than dominating, they would just split their time between paid search ads, mobile, and enterprise, rather than defending, they could go on the offensive, and take down Microsoft, once and for all, enough money has been spent on Windows products, and only Glassfish honestly gives them the base to build from, they could not start for less than what it will cost to settle Android, and get Glassfish, alas, the momentum seems behind a fight between the two venerable Java vendors, never before has their interests been so at a cross-roads to prove that they can withstand their grown-up status as Java’s leaders, like Sun was, and never before has their ability to influence the marketplace been so inter-twined than it is now, stop the lawsuit, pay-up, get glassfish, and start on businesses, with the full support of consumer markets going strong, Google should do this a.s.a.p., only an investment in Glassfish brings Google to the table as serious investors in java, it is once the lawsuit settled, a full-blown kick-start to the Microsoft rumble over years, it will take, but it can be leveled, once the last vestiges of animosity between current Java players, becomes Java partners, just get it done…. 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