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Oracle unplugs Sun's virtual world
Oracle is dropping support for Sun Microsystems' Project Wonderland, a Java-based platform for developing 3-D virtual worlds, according to a Jan. 30 post on the project's official blog.
Chris Kanaracus, February 2010

Oracle's big bear hug for Java bodes really well
It's been almost 10 months since I first pondered the possibility of an Oracle/Sun merger. Now, with the European Commission's last objection lifted, that merger is finally a reality. Senior Oracle execs outlined their plans for Sun in a media event Wednesday, and while most of the attention was on Oracle's forthcoming line of integrated hardware/software solutions based on Sun technologies, there was encouraging news for Java developers, too.
Neil McCallister, February 2010

Sun's Scott McNealy: 'Thanks for a great 28 years'
Sun founder Scott McNealy yesterday holstered the snark and poured his heart out in a farewell letter to company employees and stakeholders.
Paul McNamara, January 2010

Report: Oracle plans to hire more employees than it cuts from Sun
With Oracle's anticipated purchase of Sun drawing near, company CEO Larry Ellison disclosed plans to hire 2,000 engineering and sales employees - more workers than it's expected to cut from Sun's workforce, according a The Wall Street Journal report posted Tuesday.
Ted Samson, January 2010

AccuRev offers agile ALM suite
AccuRev on Tuesday introduced a suite of tools offering application lifecycle management for development teams using agile methodologies, featuring software from AccuRev, Rally Software, and Urbancode.
Paul Krill, January 2010

Android apps for developers and IT pros
Programmers, tech support jockeys, system admins, and just about everyone else in the IT world -- they're just like the rest of us. They can prattle on about whether the Google Nexus One is a wonderful new phone or just a knockoff of the great iPhone. There are dozens of little enhancements, like a 5-megapixel camera with a real lens, that suggest Google and HTC collaborated to build something wonderful. There are also dozens of quirks that might lead a discerning UI expert to the conclusion that Apple did it first and continues to build a better device.
Peter Wayner, January 2010

Red Hat execs comment on Oracle's Java opportunity
While many will be following Apple's every move on Wednesday, those of us in the Java community will tune in that morning to Oracle's plans for Sun products, including Java. Ahead of Oracle's road map presentation, Red Hat's CEO Jim Whitehurst kicked off his third year at Red Hat with a State of the Union address. In his post, Jim discussed Red Hat's efforts within the Java community:
Savio Rodrigues, January 2010

Java's future uncertain under Oracle's grip
Would the Java community thrive as well under Oracle's control as it did under Sun Microsystems' control? Vendors of Java products seem split about the question.
Joab Jackson, January 2010

Oracle to provide Sun road map next week
Oracle will provide more details about its plans for Sun Microsystems at an event next Wednesday. Meanwhile, European regulators today signed off on the deal after much back and forth between the two sides.
James Niccolai , January 2010

Apache hones Java RIA effort
The Apache Software Foundation on Tuesday is making Apache Pivot, a platform for building rich Internet applications in Java, an Apache Top-Level Project and also is releasing version 1.4 of the technology, the organization said Tuesday.
Paul Krill, January 2010

Are you a professional coder or a professional baby?
Today I’d like to talk about being a professional coder vs. being a professional baby. This is something I’ve seen since I started in IT many years ago. Here’s a scenario: A developer writes a piece of code to hit the database a certain way. When asked why, he answers, “To keep the DBAs off my back.”
Sean McCown, January 2010

Genuitec introduces MyEclipse IDE for the Spring Framework
Genuitec will introduce on Tuesday a version of its MyEclipse IDE for use with the popular open source Spring Framework for Java development, sans the backing of the major developer of the framework itself, SpringSource.
Paul Krill, January 2010

REST: Tying AJAX to the cloud
In December, I said that 2010 could be the year of AJAX and REST services. I wrote at some length about my own journey, which generated quite a bit of discussion, so I thought I would follow up that post by going into more detail about how I tie AJAX to the cloud.
Martin Heller, January 2010

CoffeeScript brewing as variation on JavaScript
CoffeeScript, billed by its creator as "unfancy JavaScript," is in development as a language that compiles into JavaScript but offers a different sense of style.
Paul Krill, January 2010

New version of Groovy cozies up to Java, SQL
A new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language's developers note.
Joab Jackson, January 2010

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