Why open source Java?
May 22, 2006—Among the biggest news stories at this week's JavaOne conference was Sun Microsystems' long-awaited announcement
that it will be releasing the industry-standard Java programming language under an open source license. Java expert Richard
Hoffman put together this list of answers to frequently asked questions covering some of the basic history behind this decision,
what it means, and why you should care.
Richard Hoffman,
May 2006
Open enterprise: Schwartz doesn't get Linux
May 1, 2006—Scott McNealy is out. Jonathan Schwartz is in. And the future never looked brighter for Sun Microsystems—or so
we're told. But if Sun's new CEO is going to convince me that his company can remain a dominant player in enterprise software,
first he's going to have to get his story straight, particularly when it comes to Linux and open source.
Neil Mcallister,
May 2006
Does open source matter?
February 27, 2006— I can't understand why folks want to vilify Oracle for buying up open source companies such as Sleepycat
and Innobase. By the same token, I can't really fault those companies for selling out, either. For small software companies,
getting bought has always been a viable exit strategy.
Neil Mcallister,
February 2006
Middleware finds its mojo again
January 2, 2006—Few areas of technology underwent greater advances in 2005 than middleware. And 2006 looks as if it'll be
no different. Between new architectures, maturing standards, and innovative technologies, the dream of integration within
and without the enterprise is becoming a reality. Even better, it does not require the rip-and-replace approach of the past.
Andrew Binstock,
January 2006
BEA World hints at trials ahead for Java vendor
October 3, 2005—Times have changed for BEA Systems. Once the brash darling of the Java application server market, the software
vendor put forward a more humble face at its annual BEA World show in Santa Clara, California.
Elizabeth Montalbano,
October 2005
Conventional software vs. software as a service
September 5, 2005—When Peter Yared, CEO and founder of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl/PHP/Python) middleware startup
ActiveGrid, realized he needed project management software to coordinate his company's development work, he tried Microsoft
Project 2003.
Jon Udell,
September 2005
JAVAONE: IBM, Sun likely to continue Java rift
June 30, 2005—Just because IBM and Sun Microsystems made a show of playing nice at JavaOne this week in San Francisco does
not mean the two companies have entirely repaired their rift over the development of Java standards, observers at the annual
Java developers conference said.
Elizabeth Montalbano,
June 2005
JAVAONE: Sun's open source strategy treads well-worn path
June 28, 2005—Peel back the covers of Sun Microsystems' open source software announcements at JavaOne this week and you'll
find a company taking a new tack on an old strategy: Sell more hardware.
Elizabeth Montalbano,
June 2005
Celebrating 10 years of Java and our technological productivity
Ten years ago, May 23 1995, the Java programming language and
accompanying platform was officially announced by Sun Microsystems.
While the history of Java is a well-covered topic, the impact of
the network age, which coincidently began around the same time Java
was released, is less renowned, but also something to reflect upon
and celebrate in tandem with Java's birthday. To that end, 10
candles on the Java cake, each of which marks a tectonic shift in
the global technological noosphere, are considered here with
appropriate celebratory cheer.
Max Goff,
May 2005
Who should maintain open source projects?
April 11, 2005—When making procurement decisions, it often all comes down to whom you trust. If you're buying a copier or
a forklift, a strong brand name can give you confidence in your purchase. The same is true for big-name commercial software.
But when it comes to open source, things aren't that simple.
Neil Mcallister,
April 2005
Rethinking the business case for Java
In the last five years, the Java platform has changed, as has the
world in which it competes. In this article, Max Goff rethinks the
business case for Java to provide important insights for software
developers and corporate decision makers involved in the planning
of software development.
Max K. Goff,
August 2004
JAVAONE: Sun's second act?
F. Scott Fitzgerald observed that there are no second acts in
American lives. If the same is true of American companies, it could
be that the 2004 JavaOne Conference provided clues as to the
patterns of decline that Sun Microsystems, and ultimately the Java
platform, are heir. Much has changed at JavaOne since the heyday of
dot-com promises, upon which Sun rose to lofty heights; the end of
Act One has most assuredly occurred, some of the evidence of which
is cited in this article. As for an Act Two, there may yet be hope
for Sun and the Java community, whether the two are tightly coupled
or not.
Max Goff,
July 2004
The unwelcome gift of Java
August 16, 2003—Major vendors are getting better at donating source code to the public. But by and large, companies engage
in code charity in safe and limited ways. They incorporate existing free code into their commercial products, giving their
nonproprietary enhancements—sometimes along with equipment, software, and support—back to the projects that created the free
components. Commercialization creates jobs for hungry developers as consultants, authors, trainers, and, in rare occasions,
employees of the companies that take the code commercial.
Tom Yager,
June 2004
MS money bodes well for Java
April 26, 2004—Sun Microsystems's surprise rapprochement with Microsoft is good news for the Java platform and good news for
developers, a software architect says.
Matthew Cooney,
April 2004
Letters to the Editor
Allen Holub's most recent column, "
Why Getter and Setter Methods Are Evil," ignited unprecedented
reader reaction, so this installment of Letters to the Editor
focuses on questions and comments regarding that article. The
opinions varied greatly. Here, we've only included Allen's answers
to a few inquiries you might find helpful. You can go to the
Talkback section at the bottom of the article's
last page to review more reader responses.
,
September 2003
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