For the week of May 7th:
Top JavaWorld.com articles:
Intel officials tout intentions to enable Java to run on the company’s 64-bit Itanium processor, but Sun Microsystems, for its part, is not set to build any hardware that would utilize the chip.
GlassFish shows open source at its best
GlassFish is the first project to spring from Sun Microsystem decision to open source its Java programming code and Ken Drachnik, one of its chief evangelists, points to the project as a lesson in how open source spurs innovation. In an interview with IDG News Service at JavaOne 2007 in San Francisco, Drachnik discussed how GlassFish works and how interest in it has grown.
Java to package software distribution feature
Sun Microsystems, which continues to plan for upgrades to the core Java platform, announced at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco that Java Standard Edition (SE) 7 will feature a “superpackage” capability for improved distribution of small pieces of software.
Sun’s JavaFX helps bridge digital divide, McNealy saysSun expects that technologies like its JavaFX Script scripting language and JavaFX Mobile software for mobile devices will help bridge the digital divide. “We think that the cell phone is the primary way folks will access the Internet for the first time,” Scott McNealy, the company’s co-founder and chairman, told reporters in Bangalore during a conference call Wednesday.McNealy sees room for Sun’s scripting language
Speaking at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy rejected any notion that the company’s new JavaFX Script scripting language might have trouble gaining traction in a crowded market. He also outlined how JavaFX Script, which is to be offered free via open source, could earn money for Sun by serving as a catalyst to sell support services and systems.
