Sun Microsystems' decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers, according to the company's chief open-source officer. Simon Phipps, speaking ...

Open-sourcing Java won’t have an immediate effect on Sun. The company, Phipps said, believes customers will only pay for software when they begin to get value from it.

Sun Tuesday launched a portal site for its Java programming language as the company inches closer to making the Java code open source, a company executive said Tuesday.