January 2007
January 31, 2007
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), the creator of Java technology, the Solaris Operating System and the world's leading contributor of open source code, today, along with the worldwide NetBeans open source community announced the availability of the NetBeans 5.5 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese and Traditional Chinese. In...
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January 31, 2007
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KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) today announced that it has selected Sun Microsystems' (Nasdaq: SUNW) Compliance and Content Management Solution to manage compliance best practices and processes for its investments units as well as the enterprise email archiving solution. The Sun Compliance and Content Management Solution provides compliance records retention and electronic discovery capabilities for...
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January 31, 2007
category: Developers
Hans just announced the first prototype implementation of JSR 296, the Swing Application Framework. I'm very excited about this because it will make Swing applications a lot easier to build and more maintainable. I'm even more excited because we will...
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January 31, 2007
category: Developers
Get Creative. Get Noticed. Create a video about your favorite Java Mobile Application and get showcased at JavaOne.
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January 31, 2007
category: Developers
Sun Grid community projects have moved to java.net. Visit
sungrid.dev.java.net to learn more
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January 31, 2007
category: Developers
David Folk, Sun Product Line Manager, overviews the Sun Grid Compute Utility architecture and summarizes requirements for deployment.
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January 31, 2007
category: Developers
Member of the Network.com team answered questions in an interactive chat. Check out the archive.
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January 31, 2007
category: Developers
$50,000 Total Prizes! Winners Announced!
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January 31, 2007
category: Developers
Sun Grid Compute Utility makes the 28th Top 500 list. Please note, Sun Grid Compute Utility is actually built on Solaris 10 with Gigabyte Ethernet - we've notified Top500.org
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January 31, 2007
category: Developers
This article describes how to profile an IBM WebSphere Application Server
(WAS) runtime environment with the Sun Studio Performance Analysis Tools,
Collector and Analyzer.
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January 31, 2007
category: Java Technology
Java Today: Java Mobile Application Video Contest, new Java Pet Store early-access release, and OSCON 2007 CFP deadline approaching
Weblogs: JSR-296 implementation released, JSR-296 support in NetBeans, and no t-shirt hurling at JavaOne 2007
Forums: More on JSR-296, Fast Infoset roadmap request, and interoperable web services]]>
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January 30, 2007
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Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator of the Solaris Operating System (OS), and Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that Mentor Graphics would begin qualifying and supporting selected Mentor products on x64/x86 platforms running the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS). This outlines Mentor Graphics' intent to include market leading products BoardStation XE,...
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January 30, 2007
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What a week... after a slew of investor and customer calls, I thought I'd jot down a few comments and reactions. As you know, we announced our Q2 results last Tuesday, along with an investment by KKR - preceded by Monday's announcement with Intel. So we've been pretty busy - and lest some of the questions I've heard go unanswered, here's a quick overview.
1. What did...
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Maven JAXB2 plugin is a great tool if your build is based on Maven2. It can compile any schema languages that XJC supports, and you can use available XJC plugins, too.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
A prototype implementation of the fledgling Swing Application
Framework (JSR-296) API is now available.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
I'm on vacation; so are my mind and my blog.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Photographic proof of inhumane treatment of fruit in Russia.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Chet Chat: On the future of humor and humanity
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
I've been playing around with images in servlets and applets lately ... and discovered some odd artifacts with how browsers treat images.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Let's dispel some odd rumors of late: Java works great on Vista. But let's not stop there; let's also dive into some of the challenges that Vista presented for us to make Java work well.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Have you been working with Java SE 6? Do you like what you've seen? Would you like to help spread the word? We're looking for some good stories about Java SE 6 in the Real World.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Doesn't at least one of the A's in AJAX stand for Applet? This blog explores some of the ways that we can get more dynamic behavior for applets, mixing with HTML, JavaScript, the DOM, and all that web stuff.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
What's all the fuss about open sores?
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Back from JavaPolis. I plan to recover by January.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Want to pick up the native desktop properties for setting your font anti-aliasing properties? It's easy!
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
I got tagged - does that mean I'm IT? I've been waiting my whole life for this...
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
Our book is nearly done: here's an outline of the outline inline
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
If an anathema is an accursed thing, then an amathena is an accursed equation.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
For too long we've suffered the Date and Calendar APIs in Java. No more, I say, No more!
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January 30, 2007
category: Main
European Commission reports Sun contributes to more open source projects than any other company.
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January 30, 2007
category: Developers
The instanceof keyword is well known and well understood. It certainly isn't the most OO part of Java, but it is one that the vast majority of programs will use somewhere. Is it possible that even this familiar operator could be improved?
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January 30, 2007
category: Java Technology
The problem with "separating concerns," as object-oriented programming compels you to do, is that some concerns are shared by many objects. Straightforward approaches, like coding those concerns everywhere they're needed, fly in the face of encapsulation. There are ways around the problem, but as Eric Batzdorff points out, some work better for one or few objects than for many.
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January 30, 2007
category: Java Technology
Feature Article: Separating Concerns and Advising Domain Objects
Java Today: Struts-like portlets, JNI for NetBeans tutorial, and Elliotte Rusty Harold on properties
Weblogs: Still waiting for Java SE 6 on Mac, test harnesses, and Rich on tour
Forums: ME for Nokia 770/N800, why France is near Antarctica, and beans binding
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January 29, 2007
category: Developers
Apache Java XML Security 1.4 has just been released. This release
contains an implementation of JSR 105, the standard Java XML Digital
Signature API.
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January 29, 2007
category: Main
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), the creator of the Solaris Operating System (OS), today announced that the newly opened London Centre of Nanotechnology (LCN - www.lcn.ucl.ac.uk) and the Bio-Nano Centre (BNC), funded by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) and London Development Agency (LDA), are using components of Sun Visualization System software to harness the world-class...
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January 29, 2007
category: Developers
BlueJ is a tool for teaching OO programming in Java that is very well
regarded in the CS education community. Microsoft added a similar feature to Visual
Studio, didn't give credit to the BlueJ inventors, and filed a patent
application. Not the way to win the hearts and minds of the education
community.
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January 29, 2007
category: Java Technology
Servers have gotten much more powerful in recent years. But they've also gotten hungrier.
In 2006, businesses world-wide spent about $55.4
billion...
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January 29, 2007
category: Developers
Last spring there was a great deal of excitement about Minnesota
considering Open Document Format
as part of proposed legislation to mandate that
state agencies use
open data formats.
Sun's Open Source scion, Simon Phipps, consistently advocates open data and makes the case eloquently in Application Development Trends:
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January 29, 2007
category: Java Technology
John Fowler, Suns executive vice president of systems, spoke with Computerworlds Patrick Thibodeau last week about the companys new alliance...
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January 29, 2007
category: Developers
There has been some confusion over our proposal to add closures to the Java Programming Language. After all, doesn't Java already have closures in the form of anonymous inner classes? What is the point of adding something to the language that it already has? To some there appears to be a lot in the proposal that has nothing to do with closures, including the ...
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January 29, 2007
category: Developers
I need to add this to the JDK build documentation, but it may be helpful to have it posted here for some people. Building the JDK on Windows can be difficult at times, so if it hasn't been mentioned...
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January 29, 2007
category: Developers
Sun Studio compilers (C/C++/Fortran 95) support OpenMP parallelization natively. OpenMP is an emerging standard model for parallel programming in a shared memory environment that provides pragmas (directives), runtime routines, and environment variables for programmers to easily parallelize their code. This article provides a brief introduction to OpenMP and is of particular interest to...
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January 29, 2007
category: Developers
The book was published by China Machines Press, with a price tag in bookstores of 99 RMB (12.7 USD). You can purchase the book with less than 75 RMB (10 USD) through china-pub.com or other online bookstores.
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January 29, 2007
category: Developers
The new Java on Solaris section of the Solaris Developer Center offers lots of articles and resources.
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January 29, 2007
category: Java Technology
Also Today: Recursion vs. iteration, OO reuse, and SwingWorker in Java SE 6
Weblogs: Microsoft plagiarizes and patents BlueJ, wiki annoyances, and why hasn't JavaSpaces taken off?
Forums: ME for radios, trouble-ticket JSR, and logging in Java Web Start]]>
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January 28, 2007
category: Developers
If an anathema is an accursed thing, then an amathena is an accursed equation.
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January 27, 2007
category: Developers
The first cut of the Spring support in the JAX-WS RI is ready. If you are already using Spring to configure your applications, you would like this, too.
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January 27, 2007
category: Developers
A number of comments to yesterday's blog on a dot equals operator for overloading equals() objected to the syntax. As I tried to show, using the most logical syntax of == isn't possible in Java. Or is it?
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January 27, 2007
category: Java Technology
Welcome to the Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips for January 27, 2007. Here you'll get tips on using enterprise Java technologies and APIs, such as those in Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE). This issue covers: Customizing an ELResolver in JSP 2.1 and Introduction to jMaki
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January 26, 2007
category: Developers
Forget about my wish list from last month. There are a few really
good ideas on that list (closures and super packages). I gave up
on properties. The rest is about making generic types easier to
use. However, during my recent hiatus in Europe, I have been
reflecting on generics. What is the problem with generics? Is it
too complicated?
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January 26, 2007
category: Developers
Comparing two objects is one of the most common tasks developers do.
Yet its one where Java feels rather, well verbose.
I just find those .equals() seem to be clutter rather than clarity.
So what can we do?
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January 26, 2007
category: Developers
Scott questions whether the system look and feels are really as important as we've been lead to believe.
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January 26, 2007
category: Developers
Meet the founder of EchoSign, a startup that plugs the analog hole in digital signature management.
Check it out on SDN Channel.
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January 26, 2007
category: Java Technology
Java Today: GlassFish v2 beta candidate, portlet guidelines, and intro to Ajax for page authors
java.net poll: What non-Java language are you most interested in running on the JVM?
Forums: Looking Glass' "Project Wonderland", ME project naming, and billion-row Swing tables
Weblogs: Jackpot update, code fitness, and do look-and-feels matter?
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January 25, 2007
category: Developers
I just posted the JAXB RI 2.1.2, which fixes a large performance regression with FI.
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January 25, 2007
category: Developers
First, the video from the 100th JavaPosse episode is
available. "Crazy" Bob Lee has some photos as does
Peter Moore.
Second, the
JRuby Serial Interview #4 episode is available, where I talk about the NetBeans+Ruby work. There are two more new screenshots in there...
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January 25, 2007
category: Developers
People occasionally need to be able to use the same set of POJOs to match different XML representations. How do you do that in JAXB?
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January 25, 2007
category: Developers
Read about some common application development issues. This article also discusses developing nonnative applications, making Linux applications run on the Solaris OS, and porting applications from Linux to the Solaris OS.
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January 25, 2007
category: Developers
Hal Stern, VP of Systems Engineering, and other Sun security experts lead a discussion about the security features in the Solaris 10 OS.
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January 25, 2007
category: Developers
Learn how to apply unparalleled protection for your data and your site using the advanced security features of the Solaris 10 Operating System with these video segments, presentations, and resources.
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January 25, 2007
category: Developers
The Jackpot module was released as open-source yesterday, but anyone who wants to browse its interesting bit has been able to for months. Huh?
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January 25, 2007
category: Java Technology
Java Today: Java Posse #100, NetBeans podcast #22, and alternatives to threads
Weblogs: Building on Rémi's properties proposal, Filthy Rich Clients the book, and "justifiable homicide" of programmers who don't comment
Forums: Basic and cosmetic libraries, CDC for PocketPC, and seeking javax.naming for Java ME
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January 25, 2007
category: Developers
Read about Sun Studio Express 3 - December 2006 Build and New Sun Net Talk: Sun Developer Services.
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January 24, 2007
category: Main
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced the availability of the Sun Visualization System, an end-to-end solution that integrates workstations, servers, networking, interconnects, graphics and software -- including the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), the most advanced operating system on the planet -- to deliver advanced 3D visualization on a variety of devices. The Sun...
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January 24, 2007
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced that it has entered into a strategic intellectual property agreement with Polychip, Inc. that includes acquiring all patent rights for pioneering work in capacitive coupling technology for direct chip-to-chip computer interconnect without wires. This agreement supports and complements current research and development at Sun in the area of...
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January 24, 2007
category: Developers
For those of use who'd like to see Properties in the language, things are starting to get interesting. Remi Forax recently spelled out a more complete proposal, which I tend to like. Quite a bit. With a few tweaks.
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January 24, 2007
category: Developers
This entry is the second draft of my property proposal,
i have tried to gather all the ideas proposed since
my first post about properties
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January 24, 2007
category: Main
Solaris-powered solution delivers advanced 3D graphics visualization.
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January 24, 2007
category: Developers
In one of the recent e-mails, Frank Kieviet suggested an improvement for jhat tool in JDK 6. He said something like:
Sundar: another idea to extend jhat: when looking at a memory dump and looking at the routes to a particular classloader, there are sometimes hundreds of references. [...] jhat could print some histogram data so that it’s immediately apparent which object reference is...
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January 24, 2007
category: Developers
Update for 1/23/2007, just a very short note on windows. The findbugs target needs to add vmlauncher="false", so the line: <exec executable="findbugs" failonerror="true"> changes to <exec executable="findbugs" failonerror="true" vmlauncher="false"> It's not exactly clear why this is necessary, but this...
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January 24, 2007
category: Developers
The Mobility Pack for CDC was designed to bring the many advantages of the Java platform to a broad range of network-connected consumer and embedded devices, including smart communicators, high-end PDAs, and set-top boxes.
The Mobility Pack for CDC ushers in the power of the NetBeans GUI Builder (formerly Project Matisse) to the Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) authoring experience,...
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January 24, 2007
category: Developers
Our book is nearly done: here's an outline of the outline inline
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January 24, 2007
category: Java Technology
Java Today: JSR 291 and its dissenters, OpenCDS project debuts, and production planning for robotics
Weblogs: Rémi on properties, Java2D in JOGL, and how to replace the selection model in NetBeans
Forum postings: Generics and WSDL, JSR 296 Actions in NetBeans, and someone needs help with the Java3D classpath]]>
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January 24, 2007
category: Developers
Find out how to use the basic features of Dynamic Faces to add Ajax capabilities to JavaServer Faces components.
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January 23, 2007
category: Developers
New convenience classes that help developers use Java 2D from within a JOGL application... Demo included: source code, webstart links, and all...
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January 23, 2007
category: Main
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) reported results today for its fiscal second quarter, which ended December 31, 2006.
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January 23, 2007
category: Main
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced a $700 million private placement transaction with KKR Private Equity Investors, L.P. (Euronext Amsterdam: KPE), the publicly traded fund of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. ("KKR"), one of the oldest and most experienced private equity firms. The investment will be in the form of $350 million of convertible senior notes due in 2012, and $350...
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January 23, 2007
category: Developers
Controlling xjc inside wsimport via command-line option is getting easier.
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January 23, 2007
category: Developers
Peter Ahe recently blogged about shortening the code needed for declaring variables, where he proposed static factory methods. I just wanted to note down my opinion on this area and why.
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January 23, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems and Intel, two Silicon Valley giants that were once
on testy terms, announced Monday that they will start promoting...
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January 23, 2007
category: Java Technology
In case you missed it, Sun Microsystems agreed to put Intel processors into some of its servers (http://news.com.com/Intel+reclaims+spot+in+Sun+servers/2100-1006_3-6152082.html),
while Intel...
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January 23, 2007
category: Java Technology
news analysis -- As with many couples in the early stages of
courtship, some nice wine helped warm the mood between...
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January 23, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems and Intel are the latest archrivals in the IT industry to put down their guns and make...
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January 23, 2007
category: Developers
JAXB RI 2.1.1 and JAXB RI 2.0.5 are posted today.
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January 23, 2007
category: Developers
Here:
Here are some things to notice:
NetBeans knows you're creating a method definition for a class, so it only
shows method matches that are inherited from the superclass. In this case,
we're inheriting from Integer and there are two method matches that start with "ab" - one from
Numeric and one from Object.
It shows documentation for the method, based...
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January 23, 2007
category: Developers
This new version includes an implementation of the uDAPL Byte Transfer
Layer (BTL) using uDAPL RDMA, enabling better performance over
Infiniband. Also included in this new version are fixes to make the
ORTE more robust. There is also an initial draft of the User's Guide
now available.
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January 23, 2007
category: Java Technology
EJB 3.0 makes life easier, but what if you've already got an EJB 2.x app written? How do you make the move? Should you? Sangeetha S and Subrahmanya S V look at the specifics of what changed in EJB versions and introduce strategies for making the move.
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January 23, 2007
category: Java Technology
Feature Article: Migrating from EJB 2.x to EJB 3.0
Forum Messages: GlassFish ETL integrator tool, Swing data binding, and getting started with Swing
Java Today: JAXB 2.1.1 and 2.0.5, GlassFish error code wiki, and Java trumps Ajax office apps
Weblogs: Data portability and Web 2.0, ME limitations, and hiding and revealing implementation details
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January 22, 2007
category: Main
By now you've read the press release, and you know that Sun and Intel are joining forces to drive Solaris, the NetBeans development environment, Java, and the Intel Xeon platform. You'll see ads that look like this in a few days:
The short form of the relationship is this - Intel has agreed to endorse and OEM from Sun the open source Solaris OS. Just stop there for a second. If...
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January 22, 2007
category: Main
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) and Intel Corporation today announced a broad strategic alliance centered on Intel's endorsement of the Solaris Operating System (OS) and Sun's commitment to deliver a comprehensive family of enterprise and telecommunications servers and workstations based on Intel Xeon processors. The scope of the agreement spans Solaris, Java and NetBeans...
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January 22, 2007
category: Main
Get the details and watch the webcast.
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
OK, that's not really true. Mark is a sharp
guy, and gets open source as well, indeed, better, than most. But...
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January 22, 2007
category: Main
Yes, we are making an announcement with Intel this morning, and no, you're not going to get the inside skinny here before we hold our press conference. But do be sure to tune in...
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems's new deal with Intel (http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/22/HNsunintelservers_1.html)just
expands its product base rather than negatively impacting its
commitment to SPARC or rival...
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced an alliance with Intel Corp., a
move that will greatly expand Suns involvement with the chip...
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January 22, 2007
category: Main
22 Jan 2007 - CEOs Jonathan Schwartz and Paul Otellini to outline details of landmark alliance.
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
They're visible
advocates for environmental responsibility, espousing green policies
for natural resource use and waste disposal, product design and
life-cyscle principles--along with...
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
THE NEWS THAT Intel is backing Sun's Solaris, and in return Sun
will use Xeon processors in some of its boxes...
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems Inc. last week detailed an UltraSparc road map that
describes a bright future for server workloads that can make...
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun
Microsystems has completed the initial design for its next-generation
Rock processor, and expects to launch the device in the second...
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
Computer maker Sun Microsystems (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2086186,00.asp#)
Inc. will announce on Monday plans to use microprocessors from No. 1
chip maker Intel Corp., according...
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
Jonathan Schwartz and Paul Otellini, the chief
executives of Sun and Intel, respectively, are expected to share the
stage in San...
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January 22, 2007
category: Developers
For a limited time, Sun is offering a free DVD software kit that includes the Solaris 10 Operating System, SPARC and x86 Platforms, and
these great developer tools: Sun Studio 11, Java Studio Creator 2 Update 1, Java Studio Enterprise 8, NetBeans 5.0.
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January 22, 2007
category: Java Technology
Weblogs: Derby contributions and performance analysis, open-source and business, and Joshua's final freebie
Spotlight: JavaOne 2007 registration open
Java Today: Java Tools community newsletter #107, history of Apple-Java relationship, and Linux non-profits FSG and OSDL merge
Forum postings: Seeking GlassFish deployment stories, Substance 3.2 RC, and reducing cookie-cutter code
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January 21, 2007
category: Developers
The BGGA closures proposal includes a control-invocation syntax for calling closures.
This is viewed as a convenient way to call some closure-control-methods (APIs).
Unfortunately, the use cases envisaged in the proposal seem too limited to me.
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January 21, 2007
category: Developers
Neal Gafter replied to yesterdays post about last-line-no-semicolon nastiness to say that I'd got BGGA syntax wrong.
Damn!
Unfortunately, I don't think that fixing the syntax to be BGGA solves the issue I was highlighting.
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January 21, 2007
category: Developers
The BGGA closures proposal currently plans to use a 'last-line-no-semi-colon' to return the result of the closure back to the closure-defining method. I personally find this rather nasty. What about an alternative?
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January 21, 2007
category: Developers
jMaki Charting is a BSD based open source project focusing on providing jMaki enabled widgets for charting.
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January 20, 2007
category: Developers
On Monday night we're going to record our 100th episode of the Java Posse. To mark the occasion we're going to do it live at Google's headquarters in Mountain View. If you're a listener please join us - Monday night at 6:15pm. More details in the shownotes for episode 99½ - here.
Also, we have the upcoming unconference in Colorado - the Java Posse Roundup 2007,...
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January 20, 2007
category: Main
I sat down with my friend Mr. Scoble last week. If you want to know why the train accident to which I alluded in my last entry changed my life, watch here (that section's at around 35:00, the iPhone discussion is about 8 minutes in):
And before you send me the email, yes, I saw the entry written by Matt Mullenweg - and all I can say is... I'm really sorry, Matt. That's not...
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January 20, 2007
category: Developers
Ted Neward interviewed me at Javapolis last month, and the video has just been posted:
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January 20, 2007
category: Developers
My sincere apologies. I completely forgot to post the code from the last free project, sketch pad, so here it is. I also forgot that I have one more project to give away, one very different than anything else I've...
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January 20, 2007
category: Developers
The following topics are covered in this issue: Changes to Patch Policy for the Solaris 8 and 9 OS, Solaris Ready Applications and Solutions, Configuring Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 and Solaris Cryptographic Framework on Systems With UltraSPARC T1 Processors, Secure Systems vs. Systemic Security, Taming Your Terabytes, Parts 1 and 2, How to Create Patch Sets for Manual Installation,...
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January 19, 2007
category: Developers
Continuation
is an object that represents the execution state of a program
at a certain point. We can use continuation to restart the execution
from the point stored in it.
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January 19, 2007
category: Developers
Product enhancements are Solaris Trusted Extensions, Secure by Default Networking, and Enhanced Solaris Containers. New programs include Solaris 10 Support Subscriptions, Solaris Ready Program for Resellers, and Sun Connection.
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January 19, 2007
category: Developers
This article show the use of DTrace to solve a real-life
problem, following the reasoning behind the process. The author presents short scripts and explains the language fragments used.
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January 19, 2007
category: Java Technology
Weblogs: Hazards of old IDE's, IDEA cleverness, and properties as design feature
java.net Poll: What one feature would you most like to see in JDK 7?
Java Today: Semblance 1.0b2, NetBeans 2007 predictions, and Nonprofit Software Development Summit
Forum postings: Closures for LINQ-like queries, native queries, and finding multiple installed JRE's]]>
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January 18, 2007
category: Main
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), the creator of the Solaris Operating System (OS), today announced that the California Institute of Technology and the National Archive Publishing Company have selected Sun StorageTek Network Attached Storage (NAS) Appliances to host their data and support file sharing among key enterprise applications. Sun NAS Appliances deliver industry-leading total...
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January 18, 2007
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) the creator of Java technology, the Solaris Operating System and the world's leading contributor of open source code, today announced new third party support and contributions to the NetBeans 5.5 Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This includes the general availability of the NetBeans Mobility Pack for Connected Device Configuration (CDC) 5.5,...
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January 18, 2007
category: Main
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced two advances that demonstrate its continued leadership in chip multi-threading (CMT) and commitment to advancing the SPARC architecture. Sun successfully completed the tapeout (initial design completion for first fabrication) of its new "Rock" processor and announced that it's enhancing the performance, expandability and performance per...
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January 18, 2007
category: Java Technology
Some of you Negative Noycies out there have spent the last five
years claiming that Sun's SPARC processor made more sense...
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January 18, 2007
category: Developers
The discussion about properties had reached a fever pitch in the last
weeks, and there is a great deal of dissent about the nature of
properties. Are they meant for tools, are they the tool of the devil to
seduce us away from the goodness of OO, or are they just an irrelevant
preoccupation of programmers who have no tolerance for boilerplate? In
this ...
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January 18, 2007
category: Java Technology
The European Commission-sponsored report which urged organisations to consider deploying open-source software (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285468,00.htm?r=1) has won widespread support from key industry...
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January 18, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems Inc. has outlined an UltraSparc road map (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-01/sunflash.20070118.3.xml)
that bets on a future for applications that can effectively parcel...
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January 18, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems is designing its own multi-port 10G Ethernet chip (http://www.eetimes.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=chip x= y=) called Neptune and completed the initial...
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January 18, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems has said it's considering releasing Solaris, already an open-source project, under the General Public License (http://news.com.com/Sprucing+up+open+sources+GPL+foundation/2100-7344_3-5501561.html) (GPL) as...
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January 18, 2007
category: Java Technology
Sun Microsystems, Inc. has announced
two advances in chip multi-threading (CMT) for its SPARC architecture.
Sun successfully completed the tapeout (initial design...
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January 18, 2007
category: Java Technology
Web technologies provider Sun Microsystems (sun.com (http://www.sun.com/))
announced on Thursday that three new customers have deployed Sun Fire
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