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....
The kind folks at Software Development Times asked me to write
an article on
the future directions for the Java platform. This has now
surfaced in
their May 15th edition as...
Apache have proposed a new project "Harmony" to create an open
source J2SE implementation. Here are a few thoughts and comments
from a Sun perspective.
The JavaOne call for papers ended last week. We received
over 1700 proposals and we're now deep in talk review.
Here are a few thoughts from inside
the Program Committee on what we're seeing in...
I enjoy programming. It's part of my job, but it's
also something I do just for fun. I like seeing code
take shape under my fingers and I like evolving it do
interesting things. As part of...
We've just released the complete J2SE compatibility test
sources under a read-only license, so that the community can
see what's really going on with Java compatibility testing.
See:
...
We're starting to think about potential language features
for Dolphin (7.0). So I've been reflecting a little on the
principles that James so brilliantly infused into the original
Java language...
In response to my recent blog on the Tiger Release Candidate, I've had
a few people follow-up on specific bugs they'd like fixed. Now, whenever
I see any specific bug description I always have a...