Despite the raves for the open-sourcing of Java in many corners, not everyone believes it will make all that much of a difference. Some chatters on the site have expressed opinions in this vein.

"I could care less if Java is open sourced or not. I'm waiting for the day I can wash my hands of the Java language altogether," said one chatter.

One poster griped about the design of Java. "Open sourcing Java won't clean the badly designed APIs," a chatter said.

But another chatter applauded the GPL choice.

"This also opens the field for broader contributions. Man, am I excited," one poster said.