Dalibor Topic has announced that in a couple of days he will be joining Sun:
as a Java F/OSS Ambassador, following the path of the magnificent Tom Marble. I was looking for a job that would let me influence the future direction Open Source Java is taking more directly. Sun has made a lot of progress in the past couple of years, both as a good corporate Free Software citizen, and as an Open Source company, and I think it's the right place and time for me to do my next little bit to keep pushing Java Libre forward.
I hope that it will be a good move for Sun, FLOSS and Java.
Sun have hired a lot of good open source people (and are definitely not alone in this). A lot will depend on the intention behind the hiring. Window dressing is almost certain to rebound in the long run.
(Thanks to Niall)
