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Java News
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Java Politics
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- Patent on software downloads?
E-Data Corporation believes that one of its patents affords E-Data the right to receive licensing fees for many Internet software downloads. E-Data's claim, which has been in the courts since 1995, centers around the downloading of software over the Internet. Carl Oppedahl, an attorney for a defendant in the case, says a ruling for E-Data could make the company "wealthier than Microsoft". I can't wait for that to happen :-)
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6582781.html?tag=owv
- Microsoft plans to exclude Java from new versions of Windows.
Microsoft and Sun reached an agreement last January over Microsoft's use of the programming language. In that agreement, Microsoft would phase out its use of Java over the course of seven years. Microsoft officials said the decision to remove the Java program from the new Windows XP and subsequent versions was consistent with the January agreement. Analysts say with that statement, Microsoft is trying to play down the Java controversy... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/0720f.html#item12
- I bought that great app server, now what?
Gartner claims that companies have overspent $1 billion on application server technology solutions since 1998. Moreover, an additional $2 billion may be wasted between now and 2003. Gartner estimates that, by 2003, 60 percent of all new J2EE application code will remain JSP/servlet-only.
http://www.theserverside.com/home/thread.jsp?thread_id=8603
- MS HailStorm thunders, but at a far distance.
HailStorm is a new set of Web services from Microsoft that provide a centralized way to store and access user data.
http://www.enterprise-zone.com/articles/hailstorm/default.asp
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Mobile Java News
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Enterprise Java News
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- IBM moves within arms reach of BEA.
IDC reports in a new study that IBM's WebSphere Application Server has gained significant market share in the application server market. Will it catch up with leader BEA WebLogic? IBM's WebSphere market share grew to 15.4 percent compared to BEA's 18.2 percent, according to the report.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaacEEaaQalFa869sNb
- J2EE IDE Toolkit Software 2.0 Beta Release.
The goal of this Toolkit is to provide a more user-friendly application development environment for J2EE application servers, so as to promote wider adoption of the J2EE platform.
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/j2eeide-toolkit
- MessageDrivenBeans (MDBs) are one of the hottest new features of J2EE application servers.
MDBs allow you to use asynchronous messaging (JMS) within the EJB framework. Herewith JMS has become a "first class citizen" in the J2EE environment. In order to claim J2EE 2.0 compatibility, application servers now must support JMS.
http://www.devx.com/upload/free/features/javapro/2001/01jan01/jm0101/jm0101.asp
- EJB Deployathon.
Deploying EJBs can be a cumbersome task. This article explains how EJBs are deployed in WebLogic, WebSphere, and JBoss.
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-08-2001/jw-0803-ejb.html
- SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is an emerging standard, which uses XML remote procedure calling to exchange information in a heterogeneous environment. SOAP offers a foundation for WebServices in general, as well as for Microsoft .NET in particular. SOAP might become the solution of choice to establish "bridges" between Sun's J2EE and Microsoft's .NET world.
http://www.devx.com/devxpress/gurl.asp?i=1X1399289X20783
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| The Good Old J2SE World |
- Have you met JAAS?
The Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) extends the Java security model to perform checks based on the identity of the caller. JAAS provides a much-needed extension to Java's existing security infrastructure--namely the ability to authenticate users and authorize code execution based on the authenticated user identity.
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/JDCTechTips/2001/tt0727.html
http://www.devx.com/devxpress/gurl.asp?i=1X1399288X25960
- JDK 1.4, new Beta available.
JDK 1.4, codenamed "Merlin", packs a truckload of new features, such as 64bit support, Java Web Start, Java Secure Sockets, Java Cryptography extensions, JAAS, non-blocking IO (YES!), the Java logging API, and assertion checking.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/
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