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J2SE

The much-abused term "AOP" covers a wide range of uses, some
of them eminently sane and some of them eminently crazy. Here
are some comments on both the good and the bad.

As part of both Java SE and Java EE, we have been working
to simplify common tasks. Here are my five favorite examples
of how we are eliminating common boilerplate.

Sun has announced an agreement with Google to distribute the
Google toolbar along with consumer Java SE downloads from
java.com. Here's what is happening and why.

We've made some updates to the Java platform names.
Here's what has happened, and why.

Here's a link to my SD Times article on "Evolving the
Java Platform" which discusses Mustang, Dolphin and more.

J2SE 5.0 Update 3 went out today, so I wanted
to share a few notes on what is happening with
the Tiger update releases.

Sun has just released the complete source for the J2SE
Compatibility Kit (JCK) under a simple evaluation license.
Here's what we're doing and why.

The question came up recently of "should we make Swing truly
multithreaded?" My personal answer would be "no", and
here's why...

J2SE 5.0 final bits are now out.

Some reflections on Java language design ahead of Dolphin (J2SE 7.0).

Quality trade-offs in the J2SE Tiger release.

Quick note on J2SE 5.0 status.

Initial planning for the J2SE Mustang and Dolphin releases.



