Java Blog

Java on iPhone

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:31:46 -0500

Sun has announced plans to put Java on the iPhone. See Sun Announces JVM for iPhone for the video.

Java, Python, and Jython

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:35:02 -0500

Today, James Gosling announced that Ted Leung (Python) and Frank Wierzbicki (Jython) will become Sun employees this month.

Open ESB News

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:04:30 -0500

Recently, I spoke with Kevin Schmidt of Sun Microsystems regarding Open ESB, a community-driven open-source ESB used by Sun and other companies. Sun contributed Open ESB to the community under the CDDL license years ago, and uses it as the basis for its JBI reference implementation, as well as its Java Composite Application Platform Suite of applications (JCAPS or Java CAPS).

Microsoft loves Java

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:58:42 -0500

Microsoft's recent acquisition activity brings to it a lot of Java-based software, expertise, as well as a large Java-focused customer base.

Open Source Activity

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:31:26 -0500

SpringSource has purchased Covalent Technologies, a leader in support and services for Apache software projects.

Reuters Chooses Real-Time Java

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:04:37 -0500

The Transactions Platform group at Reuters chose Sun's Java RTS for its next generation trading system platform.

Acquisition Tuesday

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:41:00 -0500

Today, Sun announced their acquisition of MySQL, and Oracle announced their acquisition of BEA. Let's see which one gets more attention.

tru2way

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:20:25 -0500

At the Consumer Electronics Show this week, CableLabs announced that OpenCable has been renamed to tru2way.

Java and Books

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:41:12 -0500

Java book sales may be down from what they were during the .com bubble, but Java-based book reader sales are up.

Silence is Golden

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:17:48 -0500

Silence may have worked in school, but not in the software industry. Hype, like it or not, can go a long way. So why has Sun gone so quiet with Java FX Script and Java FX Mobile?

Plastic and Plumbing

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:18:29 -0500

In the film, The Graduate, the advice for the future was �plastic.� In Disney�s Hercules, it was �indoor plumbing.� Both were close.

Java and Computer Science

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:52:13 -0500

I recently saw a blog entry on whether Java belongs in a university computer science curriculum. I think there are deeper issues than Java to consider.

Google, Android, and Sun

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:59:20 -0500

The controversy around Android and Java; what does it mean to the Sun-Google relationship?

Open Source and Capitalism

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:48:45 -0500

In many ways, the open-source movement is like Socialism--the community working for the benefit of the community without much regard for personal gain.

FOSS Java - One Year Later

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:21:07 -0500

Today marks the one-year anniversary of open source Java technology as well as the formation of the OpenJDK community for Java SE and the Mobile & Embedded community for Java ME.