OpenJDK, Oracle's open-source Java SE implementation released under the GPL license, gained another contributor today as SAP signed the Oracle Contributor Agreement. As most of you know, the OpenJDK aims to release their open-source implementations of the...
1 replies - 3374 views - 07/14/11 by Ross Jernigan in News
This afternoon, the Java FX 2.0 release was made available in public beta format, signifying another big step in Oracle's plan to make JavaFX a premier rich client platform.
0 replies - 24200 views - 05/26/11 by Jim Moscater in Daily Dose
Oracle complains about Sun’s Java-Release-Cycles
A keynote of Dalibor Topic (Oracle) criticizes
the Java-Release-Cycles of Sun Microsystems at the Java conference „CONFESS
2011“ in Vienna, Austria. After showing the past of Java SE from version 1 to
6,...
12 replies - 6001 views - 04/13/11 by Kai Wähner in Articles
2010 was a year of exodus for many Sun employees who disliked the new corporate philosophy under Oracle. The blogger Pelegri has compiled a list of companies that former Sun employees have gone to or started themselves since the acquisition, nearly one year...
0 replies - 19061 views - 01/04/11 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
I already passed the test for “Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP
6)” with 83 percent after a lot of time-consuming preparation. Here are my experiences about doing the
certification and the hints I can give you. Although now, the name has changed to...
6 replies - 9758 views - 12/14/10 by Kai Wähner in Articles
Continuing the annual traditionan, Darryl Taft got his exclusive interview with Java father James Gosling during this year's JavaOne. It was a surprisingly candid interview in which Gosling finally explained all of the reasons behind his departure from...
14 replies - 7792 views - 09/22/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Articles
Before the Oracle acquisition, Sun was contributing three servers to the build farm for the PostgreSQL project to test updates and ensure stability on Solaris. Even though PostgreSQL was technically a competitor to Sun's MySQL, the company still supported...
10 replies - 12708 views - 07/29/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in News
Yet another great developer has left Oracle this week. Bryan Cantrill, the co-inventor of DTrace, gave a heartfelt farewell to the company he joined in 1996. In his praise of the pre-Oracle Sun Microsystems, Cantrill also has a few well-veiled criticisms...
2 replies - 11932 views - 07/26/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
After Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's scathing comments criticizing the (mis)management of Sun Microsystems, former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz had only one thing to say when a New York Times reporter asked him to comment: “Larry Ellison is a completely flawless,...
1 replies - 11996 views - 05/17/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
"Software freedom matters, and I intend to prove it." That was the bold statement that Simon Phipps, the former Chief Open Source Officer at Sun Microsystems, posted on his new blog this morning. The big news for him is the new job he's secured...
0 replies - 6194 views - 05/10/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in News
After many months of grappling with the EU over the Sun acquisition and the fate of one popular open source database, Oracle is quickly reaping the benefits of its purchase. The software giant reported its third quarter (of its 2010 fiscal year) earnings...
0 replies - 6458 views - 03/26/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in News
I think its safe to assume that most Java developers feel some in
trepidation as Oracle take over the stewardship of Java. Will Oracle's
agenda be compatible with the current diversity of the Java ecosystem?
16 replies - 7149 views - 03/13/10 by Smeltet Kerne in News
Johnathan Schwartz, the former CEO of Sun recently said what he couldn't say about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates when he was with the company. "I feel for Google," said Schwartz, "Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too." Jobs called Schwartz...
0 replies - 14901 views - 03/11/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
Simon Phipps' Last Day at Sun
0 replies - 14545 views - 03/10/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
Hibernate 3.5 CR1 JPA 2 Compliant
0 replies - 18008 views - 02/15/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
