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Taking NetBeans to the top of Java!: NetBeans 6 is out, thank you NetBeans developers, evangelists, dreamers, users, translators, bug-hunters, content creators, writers, etc, etc. Thank you NetBeans Community.
Posted by brunos on December 03, 2007 at 21:13 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Bagels, Ariports and User Groups: What bagels, airport and missed planes have to do User Groups? For the past several weeks, I have been in such a crazy schedule of travels, visiting so may cities and User Groups, that they are all intermixed.
Posted by brunos on November 14, 2007 at 10:35 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

Late Holiday Picture: I missed the deadline for the java.net Holiday Pictures 2006, but after I received this beautiful gift from my first cousin, Clara, I just had to post it!
Posted by brunos on December 30, 2006 at 11:17 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

5 things you don't know... and probably don't care!: I've been tagged by Simon Phipps. So, here are the 5 things you probably don't know about me. And I'm sure you don't care either!
Posted by brunos on December 29, 2006 at 08:46 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

JDK 6 is here! And Javapolis and JavaOne are just around the corner...: Direclty from London at the official announcement of JDK 6. And don't forget: Javapolis is this week, as is the submission of JavaOne papers!
Posted by brunos on December 11, 2006 at 06:57 PST | Permalink | Discuss (10)  

Moving to NetBeans: I'm starting at NetBeans, as the World Wide NetBeans Community Manager. I wonder what that means...
Posted by brunos on November 30, 2006 at 13:21 PST | Permalink | Discuss (13)  

Bringing some Harmony to Java and Open Source discussion!: Apache has just announced a new incubator project: Harmony, a project targeted to implement an Open Souce, Apache licensed, J2SE implementation. This is an welcome addition to the efforts already underway for a full open source version of the J2SE standard. Hopeffully, Harmony will shake things up, and then help harmonize companies, licenses, groups. For a better Java for all of us.
Posted by brunos on May 09, 2005 at 07:50 PST | Permalink | Discuss (4)  

What about focusing on the right discussions?: The main problem on this Java and Open Source discussion is that there seems to be a lot of misinformation on both sides. We all need to get on the same page, or we'll always be discussing the wrong things...
Posted by brunos on February 09, 2005 at 12:42 PST | Permalink | Discuss (12)  

Open Source, Standards and Compatibility: Software Freedom, is this a valid concept?: It is interesting how a name can sometimes summarize many ideas and discussions... Software Freedom is Simon Phipps name for a broader guarantee of freedom.
Posted by brunos on May 31, 2004 at 01:22 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

Discussing the Java Community Process: The JCP is one of the most important institutions of the Java world. Trough this process, we try to work together to define the Java standards that are important to our day to day activities. This is also one of the most important topics to be discussed by our community.
Posted by brunos on September 10, 2003 at 06:40 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

The Strength of Java Users Groups: Java Users Groups are a fundamental part of the Java Community. Spread all around the world, they are many times the closest link to developers and the true representatives of the community for local companies and governments. But are JUGs participating in the evolution of the Java technology? Can they be more effective for the benefit of all the Java world?
Posted by brunos on September 02, 2003 at 08:45 PST | Permalink | Discuss (18)