NEWS & VIEWS

Excitement brewing for JavaOne 2010, with or without Google
09/02/2010 -  It's not often that I can honestly say I'm looking forward to a trade show, but this year's JavaOne, held September 19 to 23 in San Francisco, sounds like it's gearing up to be the most interesting event in the show's history. Not only is this the first JavaOne to be hosted by Oracle following its acquisition of Sun Microsystems last year, but it's also become the focal point of lively debate among the Java community.
Neil McAllister, InfoWorld

Java frenzy runs unabated, but is there really anything to worry about?
09/01/2010 -  In recent weeks, we've seen what looks like an absolute state of frenzy in the Java space. It almost seems like the sky is falling.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Oracle lawsuit unlikely to prompt Java forking
09/01/2010 -  Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Java patents could alienate some people in the Java space, but the litigation is not likely to prompt a forking of the Java platform itself, the founder of the popular Spring Framework for Java development said on Wednesday.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

VMware positions Java for the cloud
08/31/2010 -  EMC VMware on Tuesday is introducing its cloud computing platform for Java development, which relies on technologies from the company's SpringSource division.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Java founder Gosling launches T-shirt campaign for free Java
08/27/2010 -  Java founder James Gosling's campaign for a "free" Java has extended to offering a line of T-shirts and other merchandise.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

JavaOne conference may get a rival
08/25/2010 -  Even before the first Oracle-driven JavaOne conference has seen the light of day, an alternative Java conference is being planned for those not thrilled with Oracle.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Bossie Awards 2010: The best open source software of the year
08/25/2010 -  It is now roughly 40-plus years since Richard Stallman released his text editor with the words "EMACS General Public License" in the documentation and 20 some years since the world first saw the phrase "GNU General Public License." Back in those days, finding the best open source software was relatively simple. There was Emacs, and then came vi. Choosing between them was never easy, and many still argue over the best editor.
Peter Wayner, InfoWorld

Java founder: Oracle could still live up to 2007 pledge
08/25/2010 -  There is still a way for Oracle to calm down people concerned about the fate of the Java programming language under the vendor's stewardship, according to James Gosling, known as the father of Java.
Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service

Oracle takes over JavaOne conference
08/23/2010 -  Next month's revamped JavaOne conference, the first under Oracle's jurisdiction, will feature a keynote presentation from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, as well as the latest on Java technologies ranging from the GlassFish application server to the JavaFX rich media platform.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Developers unhappy over Oracle Android suit
08/20/2010 -  Oracle's lawsuit against Google over the Android mobile platform has upset some developers, even though the ultimate effect of the litigation remains to be seen.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Why Oracle was right to sue Google
08/19/2010 -  The tech industry loves a good vendor slugfest, and the upcoming legal battle between Google and Oracle has all the makings of a truly spectacular one.
Neil McAllister, InfoWorld

Oracle scorns open source: How to respond?
08/17/2010 -  This was bound to happen, of course. Things were going too well. At a time when Google is activating 200,000 Android phones a day, and Android has overtaken the iPhone in terms of U.S. market share, Oracle decided to drop the bomb:
Glyn Moody, Computerworld UK

Oracle's Android lawsuit: A Pandora's box of serious evils
08/18/2010 -  Everyone knows that Oracle is suing Google over claims that Google used Sun's Java technology without appropriate licenses in the Android mobile OS. Now that Oracle owns Sun's technology, it wants to be paid for those licenses.
Martin Heller, InfoWorld

Android threatens Oracle's embedded Java business
08/17/2010 -  Oracle's lawsuit against Google has uncovered an interesting fact: Before last week, not many people knew what Android was, exactly. Most industry watchers understood it was an open source Linux-based OS that ran code written in Java. But the relationship between Android and other, more conventional Java implementations is convoluted.
Josh Fruhlinger, InfoWorld

Java founder derides Oracle's lawsuit against Google
08/16/2010 -  Java founder James Gosling has weighed in on Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Android's use of Java, saying the unsurprising litigation was about ego, money, and power.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Oracle: The new Darth Vader?
08/16/2010 -  Everyone loves to hate an archvillain. In the tech industry, it has been clear for some time now that Microsoft is no longer up to the role -- you can't have an archvillian that keeps spouting empty threats -- so auditions have opened for a successor. Could it be Apple? Antennagate and those restrictive App Store policies make its candidacy plausible. Google? Equivocation on the China issue and flirtation with deals that damage Net neutrality show promise. Facebook? Sure, but it's not exactly a tech goliath.
Eric Knorr, InfoWorld

Oracle launches scorched-earth fight to profit from Java
08/13/2010 -  Oracle's lawsuit against Google over the Java-derived Android reveals an aggressive plan to profit from the Java platform, which Larry Ellison called "the single most important software asset we have ever acquired." But by turning to the courts, and picking a fight over copyright and patent issues, Oracle may ultimately create a chilling effect over the Java ecosystem and big open source projects throughout the industry.
Josh Fruhlinger, InfoWorld

Google hits back at Oracle's lawsuit
08/13/2010 -  Google will put up a fight in response to the patent- and copyright-infringement lawsuit that Oracle filed over the use of Java in the Android mobile phone platform.
Juan Carlos Perez and Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service

Android more popular than BlackBerry, iPhone in the U.S.
08/12/2010 -  Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that its Android mobile OS infringes Oracle patents and copyrights related to Java, Oracle said on Thursday.
James Niccolai , IDG News Service

Programming prizes on the rise: The risks of entering
08/12/2010 -  Looking for a new software project to get involved with? Maybe you're a student or an academic, or maybe you're just an out-of-work developer looking for something that will help keep your skills sharp and pad your résumé. You could go scouring SourceForge.net for an open source project to get involved with, but laboring in obscurity for little reward can be frustrating. Instead, why not sign up for a programming contest? You'll gain experience and you'll also stand a chance to win a cash prize -- that is, if you can afford to take a risk.
Neil McAllister, Network World

Google selling Nexus One to Android developers
08/05/2010 -  The Nexus One, the phone that was supposed to launch Google's online phone sales strategy, may not be available anymore from the search giant's online store, but Google is still selling it -- to developers.
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service

Developers have more money, less time
08/04/2010 -  We already know there's a high rate of developer burn 'n' churn, and that plenty of IT pros are just waiting for a slightly looser job market before they leave their current server room-cum-gulag. Embarcadero Technologies has pegged exactly why developers are disgruntled.
Lisa Schmeiser, InfoWorld

VMware finds 'killer app' in Salesforce.com add ons
08/03/2010 -  The VMforce cloud platform in development by EMC VMware and Salesforce.com will be most useful for customers with existing Salesforce deployments, but can technically be used to build any Java application, a VMware official says.
Jon Brodkin , Network World

Android more popular than BlackBerry, iPhone in the U.S.
08/02/2010 -  Android took the top U.S. spot among smartphones shipped in the second quarter, according to new research from Canalys.
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service

'Unhackable' Android can be hacked
07/29/2010 -  Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.
Tim Greene , Network World

InfoWorld review: Free Java application performance monitors
07/28/2010 -  The code is polished, the site map is frozen, and the UI is dripping with gorgeous colors. Everything is perfect -- aside from worrisome reports that some beta testers are finding that buttons are slow or even completely unresponsive. The AJAX calls that seemed so snappy in the lab were working well -- except for those inexplicable moments when they aren't. And those moments can't be duplicated.
Peter Wayner, InfoWorld

Google Android Market looks to protect apps
07/27/2010 -  Extending protection against unauthorized use of applications, stewards of the Google-backed Android mobile platform Tuesday unveiled a licensing service for applications in the Android Market.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Mirah brings Ruby niceties to Java
07/23/2010 -  A key Java platform developer is moving forward with an experimental programming language dubbed Mirah, which attempts to meld the niceties of Ruby with the heavy-duty performance of Java.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Google executive frustrated by Java, C++ complexity
07/22/2010 -  Today's commercial-grade programming languages -- C++ and Java, in particular -- are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments, Google distinguished engineer Rob Pike argued in a talk Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference.
Joab Jackson, IDG News Service

Terabyte-sized Java apps now possible
07/22/2010 -  The new version of the Terracotta distributed Java caching software is able, for the first time, to aggregate more than a terabyte of pooled memory for a single application and its data, the company announced this week.
Joab Jackson, IDG News Service

Java's team of rivals: Conflicts and alliances in the Oracle era
07/20/2010 -  Oracle's acquisition of Java founder Sun Microsystems, which finally closed in January after lingering for eight months, placed Oracle in charge of Java -- or did it?
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

ThoughtWorks Studios Go helps automate agile development
07/20/2010 -  ThoughtWorks Studios is releasing on Tuesday Go, for automating the entire build, test, and deployment process in agile software development projects.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Top five scripting languages on the JVM
07/14/2010 -  Anyone who has followed software development tools during the last decade knows that the term "Java" refers to a pair of technologies: the Java programming language and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Java language is compiled into bytecodes that run on the JVM. Through this design, Java delivers its vaunted portability.
Andrew Binstock, InfoWorld

Java and security skills offer IT job security
07/09/2010 -  For those who wondered whether Java had a future now that it's under the Oracle umbrella, fret no more. A recent survey by job-hunting site Dice.com found that the people who are hiring IT pros put Java/J2EE at the very top of their hiring criteria.
Lisa Schmeiser, InfoWorld

Nokia boosts Java development for Symbian 3 phones
07/08/2010 -  Nokia, with the Mobile Runtime for Java Applications (JRT), is enabling development of Java applications for Symbian 3 devices, Nokia officials said Thursday.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

CollabNet unites scrum project management with agile ALM
07/08/2010 -  Linking agile application lifecycle and project management disciplines, CollabNet is releasing on Thursday ScrumWorks Pro 4.4, a project and program management product that is integrated with the company's TeamForge ALM platform.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Oracle's importance to Java's future overstated
07/01/2010 -  Can Oracle take the reins on Java? Maybe it doesn't really have to.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Apache upgrades Tomcat Web server
06/29/2010 -  Apache Tomcat 7.0, the latest version of the popular open source Java Web server, is available Tuesday from the Apache Software Foundation.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Gosling: Oracle gets server-side Java, but confused about desktops, cell phones
06/29/2010 -  Java founder offers mixed outlook for Oracle's handling of the technology
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Hadoop gets closer to being enterprise-ready
06/29/2010 -  Hadoop, the open source distributed computing platform for handling large volumes of data, is making its way toward enterprise-readiness but still needs capabilities for SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance, a Yahoo official said Tuesday at the Hadoop Summit 2010 conference.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Profiting from open source -- without selling out
06/28/2010 -  So you want to make a small fortune in open source software? It's simple, the joke goes: Just start with a large fortune. The open source revolution began at least two decades ago, but businesses and programmers are still struggling to understand the best way to share wonderful code and pay the mortgage.
Peter Wayner, InfoWorld

Eclipse Helios technologies arrive on the release train
06/23/2010 -  This year's train is the largest ever, featuring a Linux IDE package and improved support for JavaScript and Java Enterprise Edition 6
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Microsoft offers globalization for JavaScript apps
06/14/2010 -   
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Surprising findings in developers' open source usage
06/14/2010 -  Results from the 2010 Eclipse User Survey reveal interesting trends surrounding open source usage and opinions. Although it would be a stretch to say that these results from the 1696 respondents represent the overall market, they do provide an interesting picture of development decisions being made by companies that are oriented to open source adoption.
Savio Rodrigues, InfoWorld

JavaScript library lets iPad read Flash ads
06/14/2010 -  A mobile advertising company has written a JavaScript library that makes Flash advertisements viewable on devices such as the iPad, working aroundApple's opposition to Adobe Systems' multimedia platform.
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

InfoWorld review: Virtualization for development and test
06/02/2010 -  As virtualization continues its fast run at transforming IT, many organizations are starting to employ the technology to create and manage transiently configured systems. These systems are typically assembled for a one-off project and torn down at project end. Virtualization is an almost perfect match for this need. IT organizations that employ virtualization for temporary systems rely on software packages called virtual lab managers, or just lab managers for short.
Andrew Binstock, InfoWorld

Cloud-based Java offers risks and rewards
05/11/2010 -  As the fallout from Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems continues, customers remain rightly concerned as to how Oracle might try to wring profit from Sun's software portfolio, including the Java platform. True, most of that software is open source. But while Oracle has long contributed to various independent open source communities, it's much more reluctant to give its own products away. Most recently it slapped a $90 price tag on the OpenDocument Format (ODF) plug-in for Microsoft Office, a product that Sun offered free of charge. If that sounds reasonable, bear in mind that the minimum order is 100 copies.
Neil McCallister, InfoWorld

James Gosling praises Oracle's Java technology updates
05/11/2010 -   
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Enterprise Java developers get Force.com cloud access
05/11/2010 -  Developers will be able to run enterprise Java applications on the Salesforce.com cloud platform through an initiative being announced on Tuesday.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Gosling vows to stay involved with Java
04/26/2010 -  James Gosling, the Java pioneer who recently quit Oracle, said in a weekend blog post that he would continue to be involved with Java and that his resignation has been "a full-time job."
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Java developers OK with Oracle -- so far
04/26/2010 -   
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Intel still seeking Java as AppUp store boasts 200 apps
04/26/2010 -  Intel is talking to several companies to use their Web software programming tools with the AppUp store, including Adobe Air and Microsoft Silverlight, but it's having a hard time finding anyone to talk to about Java.
Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service

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