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Finalists announced for the JavaWorld editor choice awards. These awards recognize innovative companies, organizations, and individuals for their commitment to developing new Java tools and technologies.
Java Web Services Developer Pack released. All you need (and more) to start developing Web services in Java: SOAP, JAXP, JAXM, a UDDI registry server, Tomcat Servlet engine, etc.
JavaOne is coming! For those that still have the luxury of a travel budget, JavaOne is "the" get-together for Java-enthusiast and hunters of useless-but-really-cool gadgets (March 25-29, San Francisco).
Vendors embrace J2EE 1.3. Eighteen companies including BEA, IBM, Borland, Pramati, and Silverstream have passed the J2EE 1.3 compliance tests since its debut five months ago. From InfoWorld.
And the winner is... Well, being the fastest not always means being the winner. But still, a special honorable mention goes to Pramati Server 3.0; first application server to pass the Sun Microsystems J2EE v1.3 compatibility test suite.
Separate and conquer. Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is an extension of object-oriented programming, it allows developers to cleanly separate "concerns" in their software systems. The inventors of AOP claim that this leads to systems, which are easier to maintain, to extend, and to understand. An intro-article from JavaWorld.
Mac OS X and Java. The boldest announcement Jobs made in his "Macworld" keynote is that Mac OS X will be the default OS in all new Macs by the end of this month. Mac OS X, built on top of Unix, contains the Java 1.3.1 runtime, as well as command line tools such as javac, java, jar, rmi, and rmid.
