Goodbye J2EE and J2SE. We will miss you.

October 22nd, 2005 Unisys is putting Open Source Java software technologies (J2EE stack) directly on the mainframe using a native Java virtual machine. Why? to improve the scalability, security and transactionlity integrity of J2EE apps; to make it easier for J2EE and mainframe assets to communicate with one another; and to provide n-tier Java/J2EE and mainframe developers a “back door” entry point through the mainframe-based J2EE app server to achieve complex (or tricky) updates/changes to mainframe programming.

May 14th, 2005 Do you know that now you too can contribute in developing the next version of Java - Mustang? Here is your chance. What is Sun's motivation? This definitely isn't about cost reduction.

April 10th, 2006 Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE, formerly referred to as J2EE) Version 5 has arrived. Its streamlined features offer added convenience, improved performance, and reduced development time, all of which enable developers to bring products to market faster.

July 14th, 2006 Free Java EE 5 Tutorial and a nice introduction to Java EE (Enterprise Edition) 5 from Sun (what more to say?). Free Java EE 5 Tutorial - Online & Download Your First Cup: An Introduction to the Java EE Platform - Online & Download Thanks Pelegri.

March 15th, 2005 J2SE stands for Java 2 Standard Edition. The 2 stands for version 2 of the platform.

April 7th, 2006 Perceived leaders of all three principal open source stacks (LAMP, J2EE and .NET via Mono) on Linux debated the merits of their respective platforms at LinuxWorld 2006 in Boston. My humble annotations are in square bracket.

January 29th, 2007 Now you can easily convert your .NET applications to Java / J2EE and run it on Linux or other Java enabled platforms directly from your Visual Studio .NET IDE. You can use your Visual Studio .NET IDE to build server applications that can run natively on J2EE and hence on Linux and other Java enabled platforms, with the help of Visual MainWin for J2EE from Mainsoft.

August 16th, 2005 Summary Java EE 5 (formerly J2EE 1.5) Unanimously Passes Public Review Ballot; Promises Ease of Use Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2 Release 2 DP4 for Tiger Java Software is Carving a Niche in Critical Real-Time Applications Market Java EE 5 (formerly J2EE 1.5) Unanimously Passes Public Review Ballot; Promises Ease of Use JSR 244, the umbrella specification that defines what other specifications and capabilities will be included as part of Java EE 5 (formerly J2EE 1.5), public review specification was unanimously approved by the JCP EC. The theme of this release is ease of development.

April 5th, 2006 In an interesting press release IBM announced today that Olympus America Inc., a precision company that designs and delivers solutions in healthcare and consumer electronics worldwide, has increased the performance of its Web services three times by supplementing its current environment with Linux on IBM's "all-in-one" System i business computing solution. I am not surprised.

August 16th, 2005 Back to The POJO days and lots of goodies scheduled with Java Enterprise Edition 5.

April 11th, 2006 Silent installation of Java SDK (Software development kit) This applies to 32-bit Windows and silent installation of the J2SE Software Development Kit (SDK). JavaTM 2 SDK (J2SDK) installations are built using InstallShield Developer 8.02, which is based on Microsoft Window Installer 2.0.

January 3rd, 2006 In the new year lets look back to Apache Harmony, the much publicised effort to create "open source" J2SE announced in early May last year. After eight months there is still nothing to show, no downloads.

November 26th, 2005 Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 6.0 version (Mustang) lets you access the system tray through two classes in the java.awt package: SystemTray and TrayIcon. These classes give you the ability to add graphics, popup menus, and floating tip functionality to the system tray.

September 4th, 2006 Joel Spolsky was asked four important questions on enterprise development. Joel didn't offer a clear answer on some of them.

July 2nd, 2005 Sun Microsystems is looking at providing its Java Enterprise System (J2EE) customers with a database management solution that will either take advantage of existing open-source database management technologies or developed in-house. I think they should leverage from some high quality open source database management solutions rather than re-inventing the wheel.