Sometime rivals Red Hat and Sun are collaborating once again, this time on the open source version of Java. Ace CNet reporter Steven Shankland has the scoop, as usual. Seems like good news all around. The community gets a more open, collaborative development process on Java, which should result in faster release cycles. Sun shows it's commitment to open source and gets the benefit of innovation elsewhere. And Re Sometime rivals Red Hat and Sun are collaborating once again, this time on the open source version of Java. Ace CNet reporter Steven Shankland has the scoop, as usual. Seems like good news all around. The community gets a more open, collaborative development process on Java, which should result in faster release cycles. Sun shows it’s commitment to open source and gets the benefit of innovation elsewhere. And Red Hat continues to strengthen its JBoss offering. What’s not to like? Oh yeah, it would have been nicer two years earlier. But still, this is good progress. Open Source