The situation concerning the open source projects previously maintained by Sun Microsystems has been slowly degenerating since the company’s acquisition by Oracle [ORCL], and it would be nice for a better understanding about what is still “what” after this past year of consolidation… especially when it comes to the vast array of Java-related projects. If [...]
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By now, gentle readers, you have probably seen the Javamancy mini post about the one-liner deletion for .svn files. I really like Adam Bien. He seems like a nice guy, and I occasionally drop by his blog, on a lark, to read his stuff, which is often focused on Java and NetBeans, one of our [...]
After several weeks, the long-awaited update to NetBeans 6.7, now with JavaFX support, is finally released to the general public. As you may recall, it was our expert recommendation to NOT uninstall or replace your NetBeans 6.5/6.5.1 IDE if you are actively developing for the JavaFX platform, since it was not available as a feature [...]
The latest version of NetBeans, version 6.7, is now available. Its arrival matches that of its archrival, the Eclipse “Galileo” tool suite.
Like the previous major NetBeans release, this one presents both opportunities and pitfalls that developers and managers must carefully consider.
Taking a page from the now-popular mobile app stores, Oracle [ORCL] and Sun [JAVA] are ramping up the launch of the Java Store, with a private beta already available, after its announcement during this year’s JavaOne. The premise is, of course, to allow software developers and smaller indie publishers to bring their qualified software to [...]
Yesterday, the Eclipse Consortium officially released the sixth major release of the IDE, Eclipse “Galileo”. While Eclipse was originally developed to support Java development, it has experienced phenomenal growth and expansion to encompass a wide variety of programming languages and architectures. Since it has broad industry support from a galaxy of IT companies and groups, [...]
While it starts officially on June 1, 2009, and lasts until June 4, 2009, JavaOne also has pre-conference activities for the diehards and other fans; this includes a lot of the additional fun-filled conference-related meetings, for other Java- and Sun-related projects. This year also marks the interesting acquisition of Sun, Java’s steward-sponsor since its release [...]
We’ll be exploring this emerging news about a possible acquisition of Sun Microsystems [JAVA] by rival IBM [IBM]. And it is shocking news, to be sure, but would it be a bad thing? Sun and its Competitors Sun has been languishing in the stock market for a few years at this point. Its competitors, such [...]
