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JavaOne - Hits and misses
This years JavaOne was a not to be missed event. Here are my views on how the conference has changed.
Applets re-birth, what happened?
Dion has been blogging about the re-birth of Applets, but how did things end up this way?
javascript remote diff/merge tool
Update of the open source project JSBlend tool now handles remote diff and merges
Pavarotti and I - a true hero
I was very sad to see the news about Pavarotti's death. He was a true inspiration, an amazing tenor and larger than life. I met him briefly 25 years ago.. here is how
JAVA stock ticker change - what's next?
SUNW ticker = JAVA, what's next!
Dirty secrets of computer engineering
Why no-one really wants software updates and what we can do about it.
Java on Fiesty Ubuntu - will anyone notice?
Java is now part of the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn repositories but will the average user or developer even notice?
The unwritten story of open source java
I'm over the moon that Sun has stepped up to deliver open source Java. But why did it take so long? What events led up to this historic day?
What PHP needs to learn from Java
Why PHP finds it hard to dislodge Java from the Enterprise
Java and the Titanic
Not the Mythbusters or some Microsoft publicity stunt, the titanic was really here!
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Google Web Toolkit: Finally Java Has Been Put into JavaScript!
tomslot wrote: Regarding the GWT plugin for NetBeans 6.1 (GWT4NB): Just go to the menu option Tools->Plugins- >Available Plugins and search for GWT, then choose to install the plugin.
SOA or DOA
Chris Weiss wrote: This article exaggerates the performance and troubleshooting problems with SOA. Most of the time, simple logging is sufficient for identifying performance problems and transaction failures. Any technology that is misused will have performance problems. If ...
Python Creator Guido van Rossum to Present the Next-Generation Python 3000
unimpressed wrote: The sneering tone of this post says more about the writer than it does about the subject at hand ... and using what has to be the least flattering image I've ever seen of the man to add insult to injury is on the adolescent side of pathetic. Python, Ruby, ...
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