Sun invites outside involvement with Java 6. Java 6 is expected sometime in the first half of 2006.

“The new version will be easier to manage, exposing information that outside management software can use to make control decisions, said Mark Reinhold, chief J2SE engineer. And it will be easier to find problems, with an “attach-on-demand” feature that can let debugging software graft onto software while it’s running instead of just before it’s launched. … Another item on the list is support for a basic set of Web services called WS-I, Hamilton said. That basic set, standardized through the Web Services Interoperability organization, had been scheduled for the Tiger release. … And Mustang [1] will have better integration with graphical user interfaces, including Microsoft’s upcoming Longhorn version of Windows, Reinhold said. “

[1] Mustang is the codename for java 1.6. Tiger was the
codename for for Java 1.5.

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