Archive for the ‘Java’ tag
Harmonising Java
Four days after the announcement of the long awaited and hoped-for proposal to create an Open Source Java for the Apache Foundation, fielded by Jakarta Project Chair Geir Magnusson Jr., IBM acquired Magnusson’s employer Gluecode, in a move that is sure to stir a new round of speculation about IBM’s intentions towards Java.
“Mustang” Java more Open?
Sun is hopscotching towards opensourcing Java, by providing weekly source code snapshots of the upcoming version 6, codenamed “Mustang“, and having recently unveiled a new licensing scheme.
JBuilder Eclipsed?
Will wonders never cease? According to an, as yet unconfirmed, news item on The Register, Borland is reacting to dropping first quarter sales by opensourcing JBuilder, it’s flagship Java IDE; and what is more, donating it’s code to archrival Eclipse.
CodeZoo launched, SpikeSource blooms
O’Reilly associates have launched CodeZoo, an equivalent of Perl’s CPAN code repository for Java, in partnership with a promising enterprise Open Source startup.
Το γκαμπί της Γαλάζιας Κυρίας
Η εξαγορά του τομέα προσωπικών υπολογιστών της IBM από τον, μέχρι πρότινος άγνωστο στο ευρύ κοινό, κινέζικο όμιλο εταιρειών Lenovo αποτελεί ένα από τα ιστορικότερα γεγονότα των τελευταίων χρόνων για την βιομηχανία της πληροφορικής ..και όχι μόνο.