IBM has begun to use libraries from the Apache Harmony project in some of its production-level Java software, it was revealed at JavaOne last week. The move comes after years of IBM quietly contributing code to the Apache Harmony project, and it marked the first time IBM had publicly discussed its use of the software. When Craig Hayman, vice president of WebSphere, took the stage at JavaOne, he was ostensibly talking about hosting Java application servers in the cloud and backing them up with what he called “extreme transaction processing” through creative caching. Then Hayman spoke about Apache Harmony.“In our regular shipping offerings, like WebSphere CE and Lotus Notes, we're using many of the Harmony libraries inside our JVM, and inside our core code. We contribute a lot to the Harmony codebase,” said Hayman
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