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A JCK for OpenJDK: After many weeks of soul-searching, I'm delighted to say that the OpenJDK community has v1 of a license for use of the Java SE 6 JCK.
Posted by webmink on August 09, 2007 at 19:58 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Welcome, IT Conversations Listeners: Providing a link for people directed to this (rather dormant) blog.
Posted by webmink on July 04, 2007 at 15:45 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

JavaOne Bloggers Party: The traditional party is next Wednesday at the Thirsty Bear - see you there!
Posted by webmink on May 05, 2007 at 16:15 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Reserve Seats at JavaOne: Did you know you can reserve a seat at any session at JavaOne?
Posted by webmink on April 19, 2007 at 10:35 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

Thoughts on Open Sourcing Sun's Java Implementations: I'm writing about open source and the Java platform over on my other blog - here are links in case you're interested (updated December 9, 2006).
Posted by webmink on August 18, 2006 at 19:18 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Bloggers, Beer and JavaOne 2006: In case you missed it on my other blog, here's the low-down.
Posted by webmink on May 10, 2006 at 18:22 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

The Java Up-tick: A note from my JavaOne Tokyo keynote, in which I muse about whether languages are really where the action is...
Posted by webmink on November 09, 2005 at 17:37 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Sun's Java EE Implementation Open Source: It's part of what I joined Sun to see happen, so I am delighted...
Posted by webmink on June 27, 2005 at 09:05 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Brazil - the Global Java Leader?: Blending the Java platform with Free/Open Source ideals, Brazil looks set to be one of the global leaders in open source Java technology. Read on...
Posted by webmink on April 14, 2005 at 17:52 PST | Permalink | Discuss (19)  

Announcing Coyote: NetBeans now does Jython and Groovy!
Posted by webmink on March 16, 2005 at 08:23 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

JavaOne - Party Party Party: Java Communities in Action - you're invited
Posted by webmink on June 22, 2004 at 19:36 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

JavaOne Blogger Meetup: Got a Java blog? At JavaOne 2004? Read on...
Posted by webmink on June 22, 2004 at 18:44 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Heroes of Code: The unsung heroes of OpenOffice.org
Posted by webmink on June 18, 2004 at 20:11 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Market Share or Sponsor Share?: Gartner does not mention JBoss or Jonas in their market share reports...
Posted by webmink on June 10, 2004 at 16:39 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

Going With The Flow: Musings on the nature of conversation flow on the web.
Posted by webmink on May 12, 2004 at 07:24 PST | Permalink | Discuss (11)  

NeoOffice/J takes another stride: Another great release, now with clipboard support.
Posted by webmink on January 30, 2004 at 11:10 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

JDS & LookingGlass Webcast Coming: Want to see JDS? There's a webcast coming & they are giving away free evals...
Posted by webmink on January 29, 2004 at 19:23 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Big speed step in NeoOffice/J 0.7.1: NeoOffice/J now starts & runs fast enough to make it a must-have for Mac users.
Posted by webmink on January 04, 2004 at 12:02 PST | Permalink | Discuss (6)  

NeoOffice/J 0.7 Released: With the release of an almost feature-complete alpha, Mac OS X does OpenOffice.org in an integrated way thanks to Java technology.
Posted by webmink on October 13, 2003 at 14:29 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Monoculture Considered Harmful: The viruses are bad enough - but a new report suggests the only way to stop them hurting so much is to fix the monoculture on which they feed.
Posted by webmink on September 26, 2003 at 16:45 PST | Permalink | Discuss (9)  

An Open Spirit: In the first posting of her new weblog, Anne Thomas Manes suggests building an alternative to the Java environment on top of C#/CLI - is she right?
Posted by webmink on September 14, 2003 at 09:36 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Borg and the Penguin: Back before my vacation, the number of Microsoft staff attending Linuxworld impressed me, and one of them has posted a useful report.
Posted by webmink on August 30, 2003 at 03:05 PST | Permalink | Discuss (12)  

Sun and Open Source - Development, not Deployment: Alan Williamson asked who pays for open source and draws a blank. Perhaps he's asking the question the wrong way, confusing the people who need source with the people who need software?
Posted by webmink on July 29, 2003 at 22:00 PST | Permalink | Discuss (19)  

Getting ready for the big bang: At this week's Supernova conference ("explores the decentralization of communications, software, and media") in Washington DC, people will be looking inside each other's heads the whole time. Here's a quick advance round-up of what some of the speakers are thinking.
Posted by webmink on July 06, 2003 at 13:02 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

Open Design: Does the project-temporarily-called-Echo (not-echo as it's starting to be called - nEcho for short) hint at the future of standardisation in the massively-connected era?
Posted by webmink on July 02, 2003 at 20:33 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Sun has an Open Source Info Site: Sun has a focal point for information on its involvement in open source projects - take a look.
Posted by webmink on July 01, 2003 at 14:44 PST | Permalink | Discuss (9)  

Storm in a Soup Bowl: Turmoil and productivity are afoot in the world of blog-tech, but the consequences have wider implications than just the world of weblogs.
Posted by webmink on July 01, 2003 at 10:10 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Supernova: Another day, another conference
Posted by webmink on June 26, 2003 at 06:21 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Sun Bloggers: Starting an unofficial list of Sun bloggers...
Posted by webmink on June 24, 2003 at 08:47 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Solving the Patent Problem: While fighting patent law is necessary, it is not sufficient to protect open source.
Posted by webmink on June 21, 2003 at 16:38 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

F/OSS on Patents: Software patent research suggests patents reduce rather than protect R&D.
Posted by webmink on June 20, 2003 at 09:05 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

The Dog that Didn't Bark: Why has the blogosphere been so quiet about java.net?
Posted by webmink on June 19, 2003 at 11:36 PST | Permalink | Discuss (16)  

At F/OSS: It seems the academic research around open source is reinforcing casual perceptions. But are commercial dimensions adequately considered?
Posted by webmink on June 19, 2003 at 11:00 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Decompression: After JavaOne, many people need to decompress...
Posted by webmink on June 14, 2003 at 21:36 PST | Permalink | Discuss (5)  

Dot-Stuff: Concerning java.com and java.net - "this is the suffix Microsoft stole from the Internet, now we're stealing it back."
Posted by webmink on June 13, 2003 at 01:07 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Roundtable report: FTPOnline has a report on the J2EE Roundtable held on Monday.
Posted by webmink on June 12, 2003 at 09:59 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Elitism?: Is the Java community just for elite, emacs-wielding programmers?
Posted by webmink on June 11, 2003 at 09:56 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

Cruisin': Cruising to Alaska or the Caribbean is still the coolest way to take a class.
Posted by webmink on June 10, 2003 at 11:20 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Round-table: Monday saw this year's JavaPro round-table
Posted by webmink on June 10, 2003 at 11:05 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Java - to Mars and beyond!: Is the Mars Probe the most ambitious Java-powered peripheral yet?
Posted by webmink on June 10, 2003 at 09:22 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Anticipation: How will blogging change the scene at JavaOne this year - and are you running a blog?
Posted by webmink on June 09, 2003 at 09:38 PST | Permalink | Discuss (4)  

Webmink About Town: Introductory comments
Posted by webmink on June 08, 2003 at 23:30 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)