Unbounded wildcards in Java

Question

Is there ever a difference between an unbounded wildcard e.g. and a bounded wildcard whose bound is Object, e.g.

Answer 1

is EXACTLY the same as . I'm sorry I don't have a reference handy, but ... it is. :)

EDIT: of course, I was only thinking from a particular perspective when I said that. Ignore my answer (which was quite correctly downvoted) and see the higher-rated answers for the real story.