Projects moved to GitHub

I've moved XRTL and Layout Manager Pack for NetBeans projects to github.com/ikysil due to recent announcement from berlios.de:

BerliOS will be closed on 31.12.2011

Dear BerliOS developers and users,

BerliOS was founded 10 years ago as one of the first repositories in Europe. It was developed and maintained by Fraunhofer FOKUS. As an European, non-proprietary project BerliOS pursued the goal to support the various Open Source players and provide a neutral mediator function. In 2011 over 4800 projects have been hosted on BerliOS, with 50,000 registered users and over 2.6 million file downloads each month. We are proud that with BerliOS we have brought the idea of an OSS repository to Europe. Meanwhile, the concept has prevailed and there are many good alternatives.

Unfortunately, as a research institute Fraunhofer FOKUS has only few opportunities to operate a repository like BerliOS. Such a project will only work with a follow-up financing, or with sponsors or partners taking over the repository. In the field of OSS this is a difficult undertaking. In a recent survey the community indicated some support in funds and manpower which we would like to thank you for. Unfortunately, the result is not enough to put the project on a sustainable financial basis. In addition the search for sponsors or partners was not successful.

Open Source is understood by Fraunhofer FOKUS as a paradigm for future-oriented intelligent use of IT. It hurts us all the more that we are forced to discontinue the hosting for BerliOS by 31.12.2011. 

JavaOne 2008 slides available online

JavaOne 2008 slides

There are more goodies available:

• JavaOne Hands-On Labs materials
• Sun Tech Days Hands-On Labs materials
  

Check the last year page for even more interesting things to download!

Pictures from Sun Tech Days 2008

Asking questions on Swing Application Framework.


Answering questions on Spring, Hibernate, and NetBeans.

The real power of open source

I have a couple of open source projects to run but I had not spent too much time on them this year. And nobody noticed - until today. This guy spent a couple of hours bringing one of my projects to the NetBeans 6.0.

Wow, that is the real power of open source! Thank you, Ramon.

I've got the best present for the year that ends!

In support of Java 6 for Mac OS X

13949712720901ForOSX

Apple: We can speak about the weather :-)

One would have two guys on stage: Apple and Linux/Unix.


Linux: Hi Apple!

Apple: Hi Linux!

Linux: Nice day isn't it?

Apple: Can't tell, I am under NDA.

Linux: But you can see the Sun is shining.

Apple: Shht. That's a secret. I have been told not to speak about this.

Linux: Talk about the weather?

Apple: Weather? What weather?

Linux, pointing to the sky, with a puzzled look...

Apple: You know Linux, why don't you sign this paper and we'll be able to talk about this.

Linux: (reads the paper) I commit not to speak about open things, and do everything in secret?

Apple: then you'll be part of our club.

Linux: And what advantage do I get?

Apple: Things are easier inside this club!

Linux: How?

Apple: We can speak about the weather :-)

Taken from this message. Thanks Henry.

What's new in Leopard from Java developer's PoV

Apple is going to release another cat - Leopard, aka Mac OS X 10.5 - to the wild tomorrow. Are there any news for Java developers?

According to some sources we will see good old Java 1.4.2 and 1.5.0 with latter as default. There is no sign of the latest Java 6 while almost a year passed since its release for other platforms.

It would be interesting to know what happened to "The ultimate platform for developing and deploying cross-platform Java applications" promise?

PS: Was it the reason James Gosling gave up on Mac OS X in favor of Solaris?

Going back 15 years - James Gosling makes a demo of *7

The video

JavaOne 2007 slides available online

JavaOne 2007 slides

Java finally becoming what it was intended to be from the very beginning

Java finally becoming what it was intended to be from the very beginning. Just look at the announcements made and products presented during JavaOne 2007:

• JavaFX
• Blue-ray Disk with Java (BDJ, 6 titles released already, including Spiderman 3)
• JavaTV
• cellular phones with Java SE software stacks

Check the history of Java, look for *7 device description especially. It took almost 16 years from the idea to an implementation but those years worth it. Moreover who would imagine back in 1991 that all software will be available as open source?

Congratulations to Sun Microsystems and their partners!

Java One 2007 Friday - The Toy Show Webcast

The Toy Show Webcast is available.

Java One 2007 Friday - The Toy Show

The last general session of the conference is The Toy Show. I urge you to view the webcast - it's an awesome demonstration of what's possible with Real-Time Java!

Unfortunately the webcast is not available at the moment. :(

Java One 2007 Friday - Conference wrapup

The conference concludes today. It's time to go sightseeing and shopping. :) The last session ends at 5:10 PM though...

Java One 2007 - Java technology libre panel

The representatives of four projects who explore the space of Java VM and class library implementation talked about the changes which are inevitable after the Sun has "freed" the Java.

Panelists:

• Geir Magnusson, Jr. (Chairman of the Apache Harmony PMC)
• Mark Reinhold (Chief Engineer, Java SE, Sun Microsystems)
• Dalibor Topic (Kaffe Virtual Machine community leader)
• Tom Tromey (Lead developer GCJ, Red Hat)
• Mark Wielaard (Maintainer of GNU/Classpath, FSF)
  

It has been noted that in spite of the same license as the Linux use the possibility of Java fragmenting is low since there is an API specification which drives the efforts. The desire for compatibility (even on a bug compatibility level) is high. The panelists expressed an opinion that the diversity of compatible but different implementations is good for a Java community since it will allow to accommodate the needs of different categories of end-users and customers. Moreover, it allows different development groups optimize for a specific problem they are going to solve, be it a specific hardware to run the system or a research project.

Java One 2007 Materials

The Java One 2007 materials will be available for non-attendees in two weeks after the conference.

Java One 2007 Wednesday - the JUG leaders meeting with Sun Technology Outreach

I've attended the JUG leaders meeting with Sun Technology Outreach. It was really interesting to listen to the other JUG leaders. It looks like the main recommendation to keep the JUG live and healthy is to meet frequently. ;-)

Java One 2007 Tuesday results

The Real-Time Java (JSR-1) is here and is available for Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X.

The other main announcements of the first day are JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile - a scripting language (named F3 or Form Follows Function before) and runtime for embedded/mobile environments respectively. Tuesday general session features the mobile phone which is similar to Apple's iPhone visually. ;-)

The live webcasts of the Tuesday general session are available one the home page of the Java One 2007 conference.

Java One 2007 Pavillion features Macs

A yellow Mac


A Mac Mini cluster

Java One 2007 fun - Open for Business Presentation

Java One 2007 Second day start

I've tried to register and pick up attendee materials at the early morning (7 AM). But I've spent another 2 hours waiting for the system to recognize the payment made. I've spotted a typo in todays issue of conference newspaper JavaOne Today while waiting - a day was named as WENESDAY, not WEDNESDAY as it should be. :)

I've tried to attend the first session with no luck again - I've been told that I can't attend any session I've not registered with Schedule Builder. So, the first session I will attend starts 1:30 PM.

Meanwhile I'll go to Java Pavillion - a companion exibition.