A Wolf's Dilemma: Cory Doctorow looks at the SCO Linux strategy as a high-stakes version of the Prisoner's Dilemma. You can read more about this classic game at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The key is summarized there as "whatever the other does, each is better off confessing than remaining silent. But the outcome obtained when both confess is worse for each than the outcome they would have obtained had both remained silent." » Read more
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Focus management system reworked: WhWhen you send a mouse or a keyboard event, the component that handles that event is determined by the Focus. In the developerWorks article Focus management system reworked, John Zukowski takes a look at the FocusTraversalPolicy class. You can change the order in which the elements in your application are in focus by extending this abstract class and by calling the setFocusTraversalPolicy() method of the JFrame containing the components.
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Javapedia: Frameworks and Libraries: One of the places that a wiki shines is in gathering lists and cataloging. These are activities where each of us may be able to contribute an entry or two, but collectively we can come up with and refine a comprehensive list. Visit the Javapedia FrameworksAndLibraries page and add to the list or contribute to the discussion of the frameworks and libraries already in the list.
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