Most Poll Respondants Believe the JCP Is Not an Independent Standards Organization

Last week's java.net poll produced a clear result: the majority of people who took part in the poll do not believe the JCP is an independent standards organization. A total of 78 votes were cast. I'm guessing the reduced number may have been related to the ongoing changes to the java.net site, but I'm not sure. Anyway, the verdict was clear. Here are the exact question and results: Is the JCP an independent standards organization? 6% (5 votes) - Yes 27% (21 votes) - It is somewhat independent 56% (44 votes) - No 8% (6 votes) - I don't know 3% (2 votes) - Other Again, with such a small vote total, it's a bit difficult to do much analysis of the results. And, of course, the poll is a voluntary survey, not a scientific poll, anyway. Still, it's something that more people selected "I don't know" than selected "Yes." About twice as many voters consider the JCP not independent as consider it somewhat independent. New poll: OpenJDK for Mac OS I'm hoping more people will find and vote in our new poll, which asks What's your view of the OpenJDK for Mac OS announcement? Voting will be open for the next week. Java Today Yolande Poirier is Gearing up for Devoxx 2010: Devoxx, the biggest European Java developer conference, is taking place in Antwerp, Belgium next week. Some changes came up with the Oracle speaker lineup: * Java EE Keynote will be done by Jerome Dochez, Paul...

Date: November, 15 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/11/15/most-poll-respondants-believe-jcp-not-independent-standards-organizat

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