Tag Archives: Oracle

Daily links for 11/12/2010

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for Mac OS X “Oracle and Apple® today announced the OpenJDK project for Mac OS® X. Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 10/22/2010

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Statement by the ASF Board on recent Java-related events : The Apache Software Foundation Blog “As reported recently in the news and elsewhere, there are two issues currently facing the Foundation that merit a response from the ASF.” tags: apache … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 10/19/2010

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Bob Sutor

7 Places to Find Free, Legal Images for the Web | BloggingPro “Everyone knows that the Web is a visual medium and that posts/pages with images stand out better than those with just text. However, finding images can be tricky, … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 10/14/2010

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Microsoft Gives its Blessing to OpenOffice.org – Open Enterprise “The criticisms made in the video are not really the point – they are mostly about OpenOffice.org not being a 100% clone of Microsoft Office, and compatibility problems with Microsoft’s proprietary … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 10/12/2010 – OpenJDK edition

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Bob Sutor

IBM and Oracle Are Behind OpenJDK! | JavaWorld’s Daily Brew “Today’s announcement that IBM will collaborate on OpenJDK comes at an important time for the Java community. For years, Java developers wondered if Sun would ever open source Java. Recently, … Continue reading →

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IBM joins the OpenJDK community, will help unify open source Java efforts

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Bob Sutor

When people talk about open source, the notion of “forking” often comes up. The idea is that some folks are not happy with the direction in which a project is going, so they take a copy of the source code, … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 09/23/2010

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Bob Sutor

What Not to Wear Seeking Frumpy Female Journalists “Do you know “a Female Journalist who stands out from the crowd and not in a good way!” Meaning she’s unattractive? Why not ambush her with a visit from What Not to … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 09/21/2010

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Oracle rips Red Hat and ‘sort of’ launches a new Linux – Computerworld Blogs “Oracle’s Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux–what a name!–is based on the stable 2.6.32 mainline Linux kernel. For some reason, a few idiots seem to think … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 09/08/2010

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Android/Linux kernel fight continues – Computerworld Blogs “Brady over-stated the case. Android is Linux. To be exact, version, 2.2, Froyo, runs on top of the 2.6.32 Linux kernel. To quote from the Android developer page, Dalvik, Android’s Java-based interface and … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 08/29/2010

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Google backs out of JavaOne conference | Reuters “Citing concerns about Oracle’s lawsuit against it, Google said Friday it cannot participate in the upcoming JavaOne conference. The Oracle-sponsored JavaOne conference, formerly a Sun Microsystems event, is being held in San … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 08/16/2010

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Oracle’s Java lawsuit undermines its open source credibility “It raises very serious questions about the company’s stewardship of other open source technology that it obtained during the acquisition of Sun. The resulting uncertainty will likely not be conducive to retaining … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 07/20/2010

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Java’s team of rivals: Conflicts and alliances in the Oracle era “Oracle may be Java’s new proprietor, but SpringSource, Apache, and Eclipse are driving the development agenda too” tags: java oracle eclipse apache Social Media Draws a Crowd – WSJ.com … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 07/16/2010

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Bob Sutor

RIP OpenSolaris – Computerworld Blogs “Good-bye OpenSolaris. It’s been fun knowing you. Unfortunately for you, it’s become all too clear that your new parent company, Oracle doesn’t want a thing to do with you. “ tags: opensolaris oracle open-source Posted … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 07/15/2010

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Standards ODF 1.2 Begins Final 60-day Public Review “A major milestone was reached for the OASIS ODF TC last week. The latest Committee Draft of ODF 1.2 (CD 05) was sent out for a 60-day public review.” tags: odf oasis … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 06/28/2010

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Reseller News > Red Hat CEO: VMware our biggest competitor “In two or three years, Whitehurst predicts, virtualisation and cloud tools will still be a minority of Red Hat‘s revenue, compared to subscription fees of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, though … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 04/22/2010

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Bob Sutor

WhiteHouse.gov Releases Open Source Code | The White House “As part of our ongoing effort to develop an open platform for WhiteHouse.gov, we’re releasing some of the custom code we’ve developed. This code is available for anyone to review, use, … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 03/24/2010

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Is it too late for JavaFX to succeed? | Developer World – InfoWorld “Nearly three years after its introduction, the JavaFX multimedia application development platform that Oracle inherited from Sun Microsystems remains just another entrant in a crowded field, with … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 02/18/2010

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Bob Sutor

What happens to Sun’s open-source software now? – Computerworld Blogs “In general, we know that Sun’s software product catalog will be cut back and that many Sun staffers will soon be laid off. Historically, when Oracle acquires a company, deep … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 02/10/2010

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Bob Sutor

LinuxQuestions.org Announces 2009 Members Choice Awards “LinuxQuestions.org, one of the most active and popular forums for Linux users on the Net, just released the results of its annual Member’s Choice Awards. Readers chose their favorites from text editor to distro, … Continue reading →

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