Sun and Liferay have just announced that they're cooperating, sharing work on their respective open source portal projects (Sun's is OpenPortal). Julien Viet thinks this is a prelude to an acquisition -- but as toiler on JBoss's own portal project, perhaps his perspective is skewed?

So, JavaOne attendees: What initiative do you think Sun's pushing hardest this year? There's been lots of buzzing about GlassFish, but from this remove it looks more like JavaFX is what they're keeping their fingers crossed that it will really catch on.

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If you haven't been able to make the trip to JavaOne in San Francisco this year and are missing the camaraderie, may we suggest that you attend tonight's party in Second Life? If you are in SF, though, we implore you to go out and find a real, in-person party. Yes, we know you're paying for that high-speed access at your hotel, but come on.

$23 million, to be exact! OK, for that price Embarcadero Technologies got a whole bunch of other proprietary development tools, including IDEs for trendy languages like PHP and Ruby, as well as old favorites like C++ and Delphi.

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Hello, readers, and welcome to Java To Go! JavaWorld has traditionally focused on the nuts and bolts of the platform; this blog will take a look at the people behind the tech. I'll be keeping my eye on the dramas brewing within the Java community -- who's launching a new startup, who's leaving their high-profile job for an even higher-profile one, who's penning diatribes for his or her blog that have Java developers cheering, or jeering, or scratching their heads. And I'll be offering my own opinion on developments in the process.

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