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 Oracle's big bear hug for Java bodes really well: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the R&D&J dept.:
..."I don't think it's essential that we find a way to make money from [specific Sun] components," Ellison said Wednesday. "We have the money to invest in Java, because Java is a very profitable business for us already. Exactly where additional revenues will come from is less important than simply growing our middleware installed base."
To achieve that growth, Oracle plans to invest $4.3 billion on R&D in the coming year, according to Oracle president Charles Phillips. That's up from $2.8 billion last year -- so you can bet some of that cash will be heading Java's way soon.
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Red Hat CEO Calls on Oracle to Keep Java Open: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the Recipes dept.:
With Oracle set to acquire Sun and gain stewardship over Java, there are many in the tech world with an opinion on how the database giant should handle its new relationship with the programming language.
One of those opinions is being voiced by Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst, who is calling on Oracle to keep Java open. During a conference call yesterday to discuss Red Hat's first-quarter fiscal 2010 results, Whitehurst also took aim at Oracle's operating system business.
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Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the Light Lunch dept.:
Apple has just released Java Update 2 for Mac OS X. According to Apple, this update "delivers improved reliability and compatibility for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.4 and later."
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Java is finally Free and Open: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the Journey of 1000 Miles... dept.:
...This week the IcedTea Project reached an important milestone - The latest OpenJDK binary included in Fedora 9 (x86 and x86_64) passes the rigorous Java Test Compatibility Kit (TCK). This means that it provides all the required Java APIs and behaves like any other Java SE 6 implementation - in keeping with the portability goal of the Java platform. As of writing, Fedora 9 is the only operating system to include a free and open Java SE 6 implementation that has passed the Java TCK. All of the code that makes this possible has been made available to the IcedTea project so everyone can benefit from the work.
The Java TCK is a complex suite of tools and documentation that verifies that Java implementations conform to the Java specification. It consists of more than 80,000 tests and over 1 million lines of code.
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How to rescue Java from the men in suits: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the Suits Still Control Java dept.:
Members of a JavaOne panel on the JCP, open source and standards have expressed their frustrations with a process they believe puts corporate interests first when it comes to Java. For once, it wasn't just Spring Framework creator and evangelist Rod Johnson calling for change.
Joining him was Sun Microsystems' own, recently recruited, "free and open source software ambassador" Dalibor Topic and representatives from one of the industry's newest Java user group - the Paris JUG - plus one of the largest - Brazil's SouJava. Brazil is a country Sun repeatedly champions when discussing uptake of Java and open source.
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Java SE 6 For Mac OS X: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the 6 dept.:
After a long delay, Apple has finally released a version of Java 6 for OS X. 64-bit Intel Macs are starting to see this pushed out via Software Update...
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Sun looks to free up the rest of Java (again): Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the Buffering.... dept.:
Sun Microsystems is stepping up efforts to boost Java usage in Linux shops by working to remove some final encumbrances in the open-source Java platform.
..."We're hoping to see some movement [with the] Linux distributions in the very near future, hopefully by JavaOne," said Rich Sands, group manager for developer marketing at Sun, in an interview on Tuesday. The JavaOne conference is to be held in San Francisco in two weeks.
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Java VM on way for the iPhone: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the JPhone dept.:
Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device.
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Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 6: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the Fresh Brew dept.:
Time to fire up the 'ole Software Update as Apple has just released a Java update for Mac OS X. This update will fix vulnerabilities in both server and client versions of 10.4. Apple explains that, 'A malicious webpage can remove or insert items in the keychain,' which sure doesn't sound good to us.
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Java 6 Available on OSX: Java Posted by: comforteagle
From the Fresh Brew dept.:
Many Mac users have been upset that Apple has not made Java 6 available on the platform. Landon Fuller posts that there is a developer preview release available of Java JDK6 on Mac OSX, Tiger and Leopard. It is based on the BSD port of Sun's Java 6 and is made available under the Java Research License.
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