June 2003

Microsoft Wins Appeal Against Including Java with Windows

June 27, 2003

Looks like the appeals court throw out the ruling that would have completed Microsoft to include Sun’s Java VM in their products. Interesting timing since DELL, Compaq and other PC makers just announced deals with Sun where they will include the Sun JVM as part of software packages installed on new PC’s. Does this really [...]

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JBoss Chooses Java Data Objects

June 26, 2003

This is a pretty interesting development. BEA and IBM have decided to not support JDO as part of their J2EE offering. If JBoss decides on using JDO for their persistence strategy, the move could validate the JDO die-hards and offer an truly viable open-source JDO product. JBoss Chooses Java Data ObjectsThe ServerSide Thread on the [...]

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White Paper: Leveraging Open Source for Web Services Development

June 25, 2003

From the ServerSide.com. This white paper takes an in-depth look at various open-source tools that can be used to get started on Web services development. It walks you through the development lifecycle of how an existing Java asset is exposed as a Web service interface using Eclipse for development, Apache Axis and Tomcat for creation [...]

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Tomcat: The Definitive Guide

June 25, 2003

O’Reilly announced a new book on Jakarta Tomcat, the reference servlet/jsp engine implementation. This book covers all major platforms, including Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X, contains details on Tomcat configuration files, and even has a quick-start guide to get developers up and running with Java servlets and JavaServer Pages. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide [...]

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Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies, Second Edition

June 24, 2003

The 2nd edition of the J2EE development bible, Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies is out and the authors do not disappoint. I had given the first edition of this book 5 stars as the authors of the book had taken lessons learned from their experiences in developing and deploying J2EE applications and [...]

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Pocket PC 2003 released

June 24, 2003

Microsoft released the latest version of their handheld operating system, Pocket PC 2003. It will be interesting to see if this is just a bug-fix or a true new release with new features. A couple of areas that needed fixing were the WiFi and Bluetooth support and I’m reading that is handled in this release. [...]

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MACS and Java

June 19, 2003

Over the past 2 years, I have noticed an interesting trend among the Java developer community. The trend is to move to Apple PowerBook as the laptop of choice away from any Wintel or Lintel alternatives. Are the Mac’s better laptops or is this just a ‘follow the crowd’ mentality driving people to buy Mac’s? [...]

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Geek Heaven :)

June 17, 2003

I’m in total geek heaven. James Duncan Davidson, the creator of ANT & Tomcat, author, speaker and Uber Java geek extraordinar has a link to my blogs as part of his ‘Wisconsin Symposium Report’. Life doesn’t get any better than that.

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today.java.net

June 16, 2003

Looks like OReilly has teamed up with Sun and CollabNet to produce java.net, a site that’s designed to be the ultimate watering hole for the Java developer community. O’Reilly’s producing technical content for the site, including Java Today, and setting up forums, wikis, and blogs for collaboration. Wonder what this collaboration with CollabNet’s SourceCast will [...]

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iPod Heaven

June 16, 2003

I’m in iPod heaven. My brother got me the new 30GB iPod for my birthday and I am totally in love with this MP3 player. Props to Apple for creating this incredible device and I love the new dock and remote that’s included as part of the package. I’m using this with my Windows PC [...]

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