Taking a page from the now-popular mobile app stores, Oracle [ORCL] and Sun [JAVA] are ramping up the launch of the Java Store, with a private beta already available, after its announcement during this year’s JavaOne.
The premise is, of course, to allow software developers and smaller indie publishers to bring their qualified software to the masses while streamlining, simplifying (hopefully!), and unifying the marketing, ordering, and online delivery processes. If done correctly, this will be a huge windfall for Java development houses everywhere, and it may also provide a new distribution avenue for applications built upon Java bytecode compatible platforms.
