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Is Java Becoming Irrelevant?

Sun Microsystems announced today that it would be laying off 6,000 employees (18% of it’s workforce) in an attempt to better realign itself with “global...

35 replies - 7831 views - 11/15/08 by Riyad Kalla in Articles

JCatapult RC2 released!

The JCatapult team is pleased to announce the release of 1.0-RC2.  For those unfamiliar with JCatapult, here is an overview: JCatapult is an open source...

0 replies - 1258 views - 05/19/08 by Brian Pontarelli in Announcements

Why Swing / JavaFX is not a platform (yet)

If a platform is a set of resources (both code and data) which can be organized to create an application, then the usefulness of a given platform is defined by...

40 replies - 3953 views - 05/15/08 by Jonathan Locke in News

Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional

Chapter 1: Introducing Java SE 6. Covers the main themes of the release: "Compatibility and stability", "Diagnosability, monitoring, and management", "Ease of...

0 replies - 6372 views - 01/25/08 by Geertjan Wielenga in Book Reviews