May 16, 2006
JavaOne, Day 1
JavaOne, Day 1 - Tuesday, May 16, 2006
John Gage kicked off JavaOne this year stressing community, and asking everyone to register for the Java Community Process (JCP) as individuals or as a corporation.
The goal is to get everyone who works with Java to be part of Java's future. Go to jcp.org to sign up.
Jonathan Schwartz started his keynote announcing (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) that since he's known as a "software guy" and as a person who gives software away for free, Sun is now going to give away "free kit." Although this was meant as humor, it is in line with Sun's strategy to allow people to try their new Niagra-based servers free before purchasing.
Early in his keynote address, Jonathan called Ed Zander, CEO of Motorola, to the stage to talk about his company's commitment to Java. Ed went on to say that, as he sees it, mobile broadband will change the Java application space, as well as the application delivery and service spaces, radically as time passes. The power of Java on the mobile device was underscored by the statistic that Motorola alone outships the PC industry yearly with its mobile, Java-enabled, devices. The top three needs that Ed outlined for Sun and the Java community were DRM, security, and Java applications in general. In closing, Ed asked developers to check out Motorola's development site.
Some Key Announcements
Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical Software spoke about their commitment to supplying Linux desktop distribution for Java developers, called Ubunta. There was also two announcements (as subtle as they were)about a server-side Linux to be released on June 1, and an upcoming version of Linux for Sun's Niagra (Cool-threads) architecture.
Marc Fleury of JBoss came on stage wearing a red beret (a symbol of the Red Hat deal he could not speak of), and announced that JBoss is joining the NetBeans community, bringing the total NetBeans partners to over 100. Jonathon then proceeded to present Marc with a red and white t-shirt that said "I Love Netbeans" on it.
Rich Green, Sun's new executive vice president of software, came on stage to announce what is probably the biggest piece of news so far at JavaOne: Sun is releasing Java as open-source. It's no longer a question of "if." There are, admittedly, many details to work out yet. Rich stressed that with Java, compatability and consistency matters most. Therefore, any plan to open-source Java must not compromise this.
JMS and the Sun Java Message Queue server been released as open-source.
Other Java News
Jeff Jackson, senior vice president of Java development, announced that the Java EE 5 specification was approved unanimously. He stressed that Java EE 5 is here, it's production-ready, and available for download for the world to use today. Java EE 5 is 30% smaller in footprint, with a 30% decrease in startup time. It integrates Ajax, Web 2.0, EJB 3.0 / POJOs, SOA, and NetBeans in one environment that is
now 100% open-source.
Sun Studio Creator will be open-source and made part of NetBeans going forward, joining other parts of NetBeans that are open-source, such as the NetBeans Profiler, Matisse Builder, and Mobilty Pack.
Project Tango, the project meant to integrate Web-service offerings from both Sun and Microsoft, has been renamed the Web Service Interoperability Technology (WSIT).
BPEL orchestration, part of the NetBeans Enterprise Pack, is being made part of Sun's Open-ESB project, and will be released as open-source. The Java System Portal Server will also be released as open-source, and Sun announced a new name for the entire Java EE stack--OpenJava EE.
John Gage gave a demo of the new SavaJe phone, which is the first cell phone to implement the JSR 209 specification. This includes support for Swing applications, Java2D, and font anti-aliasing, making it much easier to read text written with Chinese characters.
Web Sites to Check Out
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