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Java Contingencies Considered After Oracle Deal
As a result of its acquisition of Sun, Oracle now has control over Java, and, to put it bluntly, there doesn’t seem to be any shortage of people who are concerned with the situation. So a lot of folks have taken to making different recommendations about how to respond.
By Doug CaverlyRead More
May 15, 2009 -
Aplix’s SafeWID Offers Java Functionality
Aplix has introduced its SafeWID product that improves the functionality of Web sites for mobile phones by providing secure access to services such as geolocation, personal information, and Bluetooth connectivity. For Mobiles that incorporate a Java runtime, SafeWID is able to offer seamless integration of Java functionality into Web sites …
By Mike SachoffRead More
February 17, 2009 -
Apple Catches Up To Java Bugs
Despite Apple’s many groundbreaking products, it’s sometimes fair to call the company slow, and now is one of those times when the label may apply. Following in the footsteps of Sun Microsystems, Apple has finally gotten around to releasing a significant number of bug fixes for Java. We say the …
By Doug CaverlyRead More
October 8, 2008 -
Alfresco JLAN Becomes Available Via GPL
Open source enterprise content management (ECM) provider Alfresco Software is now offering Alfresco JLAN (once known as the Alfresco Intelligent File System) under the GNU Public License (GPL), This news follows Alfresco’s adoption of GPL licensing for the rest of its open source enterprise content management software earlier this year. …
By Chris CrumRead More
October 16, 2007 -
Sun Java Breaks Out GlassFish
The latest version of GlassFish, the open source Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 application server, arrived with clustering support and faster performance.
By David UtterRead More
September 18, 2007 -
Null Java References In Coldfusion 6 Vs 7
ColdFusion 7 appears to be much better at passing null values to a java object. ColdFusion 6 however likes to block you from doing it, even when you want to. I am tring to work with a java API that requires me to pass a null value to a method. …
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February 12, 2007 -
Open Up & Say Growth
Matt points to an interesting article about using an open business model. Not sure if the author, Henry Chesbrough mentioned that IBM made significantly more than $100m/yr in revenue as a result of its Linux investments, whether through increased hardware or services sales. And, we continued to drive revenue to …
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January 26, 2007 -
SOA: Assistance With JBI Application Integration
The methodology of Enterprise Integration has advanced to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) because of its ability to weave disparate applications and services to produce a business structure where data can flow as a business process. Environments have been built over time with diverse layers of applications. The development time and …
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January 12, 2007 -
Java And Open Source
In November, Sun Microsystems moved to “open source” status for Java, after a decade of maintaining proprietary status for the portable programming language. Specifically, Sun has placed Java into the public domain by putting it under GPL – an acronym for General Public License. What this means is that software …
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January 2, 2007 -
JBoss CEO: Show Me The Money
Sys-Con is quoting Marc Fleury, JBoss founder & CEO and now SVP & GM of JBoss Division at Red Hat, as having said: “(while Red Hat) really haven’t gotten in the way”…”the R&D really hasn’t benefited from a huge investment, which I was hoping for and was the main reason …
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November 28, 2006