..."Sun Microsystems has hired high-profile Python programmers Ted Leung and Frank Wierzbicki, stepping up its bet on open source and scripting languages." Full story here.
Another strategic move from Sun, right on the heels of the exciting MySQL acquisition; they have really taken this open source movement to the next level. Netbeans is already "the only IDE you need", but soon there will be support for Python, among other dynamic languages. And this support will no doubt make its way into the JVM as well. Someday it will be the only VM you need.
