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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Microsoft [MSFT] and Nokia are finalizing an agreement to augment Nokia (particularly Symbian/S60-based) phones and smart devices into becoming viable business-grade devices, or even components in functional corporate meshes.
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, [...]
A Little Bit: According to a CNN article, Oracle [ORCL] has announced that it is entering into an agreement to buy Sun Microsystems [JAVA], which changes the Java dynamics in the IT arena and the business world. N.B. Official Oracle Press Release (4/20/2009)
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 [...]
It’s been awhile in coming, but it’s finally here: NetBeans 6.5. Like many of you, I’ve been itching to have a plethora of development capabilities integrated into a single unified interface that does not require me to constantly scour the Internet, or several different vendors’ sites, or even just constantly ping around various different “repositories”, [...]
A Little Bit: As part of sweeping changes being made to try to shore up its losses, Sun Microsystems [JAVA] announced today that it will terminate somewhere between 5,000 to 6,000 jobs from its software division and then reform the business unit into three: Application Platform Software Cloud Computing and Developer Platforms Systems Platforms In [...]
A couple of days ago, eWeek reported that Microsoft [MSFT] is launching their new BizSpark program, intended to help startups develop their products using Microsoft products. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Gee, isn’t that just like programs from other companies, like Sun?” Well, yes, but– no. The Startup Essentials from Sun [JAVA] is an [...]
