February 01, 2011
Mark Wielaard: New GPG key.
Finally created a new GPG key using gnupg. The old one was a DSA/1024 bits one and 8 years old. The new one is a RSA/2048 bits one. I will use the new one in the future to sign any release tarballs I might create. pub 2048R/57816A6A 2011-01-29 Key f...
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February 01, 2011
Andrew Hughes: [SECURITY] IcedTea6 1.7.8, 1.8.5, 1.9.5 Released!.
We are pleased to announce a new set of security releases, IcedTea6 1.7.8, IcedTea6 1.8.5 and IcedTea6 1.9.5.
This update contains the following security updates:
The IcedTea project provides a harness to build the source code from OpenJDK6 u...
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October 10, 2010
Here is a high-level summary of the proposed roadmap for JDK 7 and JDK 8 from JavaOne 2010. This is not an exhaustive list, and does not contain JDK implementation-specific features. For more detail, see http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/fea...
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October 10, 2010
IBM joins OpenJDK It is with great pleasure that I note that IBM has decided to join the OpenJDK project and collaborate with us on the open-source Java SE reference implementation. As I have previously stated, Oracle is strongly committed to...
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October 07, 2010
I've spent the last few days in Aarhus, Denmark at the GOTO conference - which was formerly known as JAOO. One of the things I like about my post-sun life is that I get to give talks other than a generic "state of the union". In this case, on the...
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October 05, 2010
I've been going to the Reno Air Races for quite a few years. While I'm not a pilot, I get quite a kick out of the extreme engineering that the competitors engage in. This year, there was an exciting twist: a new entrant that made a very surprising...
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October 02, 2010
Or, the ascent from squishy to crunchy.
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September 30, 2010
I have been at JavaOne since 1996, its inaugural year. In 1996, JavaOne was
colocated with the Software Development conference, which has since fallen on
hard times and vanished. But at the time, half of the exhibitors were from SD,
and the other ha...
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September 28, 2010
...in a twisted way. I didn't attend any of the sessions, I just wandered around in an obnoxious t-shirt. JavaOne attendees were friendly and chatty. OpenWorld attendees were confused. Oracle employees behaved like there was an invisible force f...
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September 27, 2010
Since I no longer work for Sun/Oracle, this blog is closed; please visit my new personal blog at http://tornorbye.blogspot.com .
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September 27, 2010
Oracle now owns Java. But how do they view it as a business?
As a Java Champion, I had some additional meetings at JavaOne which provide a slightly different take on this important topic. This also affects #bijava to some degree.
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September 24, 2010
It's time for a new adventure!
I joined Sun in 1996 and I've been here ever since -- including the Oracle acquisition six months ago. It's been a wonderful time. I've met many of the world's most talented engineers, I've had the chance to work o...
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