JavaOne 2007
sma...@cs.tu-berlin.de
hier ein paar News von der diesjährigen JavaOne:
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*SUN NEWS*
*Sun Tries Again with Consumer-Flavored Java*
CNET, Martin LaMonica; May 7, 2007
http://news.com.com/Sun+tries+again+with+consumer-flavored+Java/2100-1007_3-6181922.html
Sun looks to make Java more consumer-friendly with its new JavaFX
Script. Sun Software Executive VP Rich Green states, "This is Java for
consumers, for individuals -- not just enterprises, not just
corporate.
But experiences people at an individual level want to experience will
be powered by Java. The scripting language we are releasing will
dramatically enhance the number of people who can create content for
this platform ... Sun intends to release the source code of JavaFX
Script and to let other companies create Web authoring tools using it.
Sun, too, intends to create scripting tools for content authoring."
Burton Group Senior Analyst Richard Monson-Haefel adds, "With JavaFX
Script and JavaFX Mobile, Sun and other Java licensees will have a
much more attractive offering for rich Internet applications ... The
advantage Java-connected scripting language has over others, such as
Ruby, PHP or Python, is that Java programmers can easily transfer
their skills and knowledge. Moving from Java to another language like
JavaScript, which is often used for Ajax applications, is like moving
to another foreign land."
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*Promise Kept: Sun Delivers Open Source Java*
internetnews.com, Andy Patrizio; May 8, 2007
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3676246
Sun releases a fully buildable Java Development Kit (JDK) for Java SE
under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2). Additionally,
the company has also created an Interim Governance Board for the
OpenJDK Community in an effort to draft and gain ratification of a new
constitution for the OpenJDK Community within the next year. According
to Open JDK Community Marketing Manager Rich Sands, "We are working to
make sure the needs of the community are being met, and that
governance of the community are fair and open and transparent. In an
open source project, typically the community has a big say in how the
project evolves. There are ways to make sure most active members are
committers to the code base. We will be turning over governance of the
JDK Community with this board."
*Sun's Java Platform Getting a Big Role in Cable, Hollywood*
Investor's Business Daily, Brian Womack; May 8, 2007
http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=17&artnum=2&issue=20070507
<http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?
artsec=17&artnum=2&issue=20070507>
The article spotlights Java's role in the home entertainment market.
The author writes, "Cable companies and Hollywood studios are using
Sun's Java software language to help the humble TV set catch up with
more media-rich and interactive devices. That is, they're using Java
to develop cool applications that could shift the way people use
entertainment in their living rooms. Java applications, for example,
could make it easy for people to call up some extra features when they
order a movie on demand. And Java could soon let people use their TV
remote controls to vote for their favorite contestant on 'American
Idol.'" Sun Chief Digital Media Officer Bill Sheppard further notes,
"There's some pretty cool stuff right now out there, but it's only a
tiny fraction of what we're going to be seeing ... Consumers will start
seeing these new features in the next few years as more Java-based set-
top boxes, TV sets and Blu-ray players become available after years of
anticipation."
*Here Comes the Sun Conference*
San Francisco Chronicle (Blog), Dan Fost, May 7, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=16310
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?
blogid=19&entry_id=16310>
Sun's annual JavaOne Conference kicks off today in San Francisco. The
company plans to announce several new iterations of its Java
technology, including a new mobile version called JavaFX and that the
company is making the last of the Java source code, the Java
Developers Kit (JDK), open source. According to a Sun spokesperson,
"Java now has 6 million developers, for a 20 percent increase in the
past year, and there are 5 billion Java devices, up 36 percent."
*Interview with Simon Phipps*
Linux Journal, Glyn Moody; May 8, 2007
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9624
In a Q&A, Sun Chief Open Source Officer Simon Phipps discusses the
open sourcing of Java and offer his perspective on the future of open
source in computing. He states, "I actually think that we're in the
middle of a pivot point in the way society functions. I believe the
World Wide Web as the vehicle for popularizing the Internet is
producing something that is as impactful as the Industrial Revolution.
And, I think during the next decade, we will see that process of
changing how absolutely everything works rolling out in front of us ...
I see open source as an inevitable consequence of the switch to a
meshed world. It's, in my view, the dominant way that software is
developed in a participation age ... We can expect to see a rolling tide
of change where the principles of the meshed society begin to be
worked out in other areas, like politics, like journalism, like the
way families function, like the way money is handled, represented and
stored. All of these things will gradually fall under the influence of
the meshed society. And, I think being at the forefront of working
with that meshed society is going to serve Sun and the people in the
Open Source communities very well."
*Will Sun Ever Join Eclipse? *
InfoWorld (Blog), Paul Krill; May 7, 2007
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/011748.html
At the NetBeansDay event in San Francisco this week, Sun EVP of
software Rich Green said the company views its NetBeans platform as a
viable alternative to Eclipse and that NetBeans will continue. Green
stated, "I don't really think I've met any developer who said, 'Oh
yes, I only want one tool' ... NetBeans is growing far more quickly
than Eclipse."
According to the blog, "A Sun alignment with Eclipse could give the
organization access to Sun's impressive roster of software
technologists. Eclipse is participating in this week's JavaOne event
but has done so in the past, with no Sun membership in Eclipse
forthcoming as a result."
*Sun Giving Away Encryption Key Software*
Techworld, Chris Mellor; May 5, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070505/tc_pcworld/131588
Sun offers to give away its encryption key management software
interface. In a recent blog post, Sun Storage Marketing Senior VP
Nigel Dessau writes, "We believe in 3 years you will not be able to
buy a storage device without encryption in it (whether you turn it on
or not); When you have encryption you might as well turn it on (when
you left the house this morning did you lock all the door and windows
or just the ones the bad people can see?). There will not be one key
management solution. It's a heterogeneous world and that means
multiple key management solutions ... So -- here is my offer. If you
have a solution that needs a key management solution, you can have
ours for free! Yes, we are willing to give our KMS away to partners
who want to think about customers and not 'lock-ins.' We want to share
and swap APIs so we can share and swap keys."
*Sun's Dave Douglas on the Challenges -- and Benefits -- of Going
Green*
InfoWorld, Ted Samson; May 4, 2007
http://www.infoworld.com/archives/videoTemplate.jsp?Id=951
In a video interview, Sun Eco Responsibility VP Dave Douglas discusses
issues of sustainability, including the datacenter space and power
crises and carbon neutrality. To view the entire segment, please
follow the above link.
*Sun's Eco VP Talks Greening the Datacenter and JavaOne*
InfoWorld (Blog), Ted Samson; May 4, 2007
http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2007/05/suns_eco_vp_tal.html
InfoWorld's Ted Samson talks with Sun Eco Responsibility VP Dave
Douglas about his role in the company as well as the eco-friendly
initiatives surrounding the JavaOne Conference. He writes, "Dave's
been the VP of eco responsibility at Sun for just over a year now, and
judging by our conversation, he has a pretty full plate. No surprise
there: Reining in energy waste entails far more than reminding
employees to shut off the lights before going home at night. Rather,
Dave appears to be involved in multiple areas of Sun's business, from
product development to internal IT operations ... That's a lot to keep a
watchful green eye on, but as he tells it, plenty of folks at Sun
believe in the benefits of being environmentally conscientious, so it
doesn't sound like he has to struggle with a corporate culture that's
resistant to making necessary changes toward sustainability."
*FEATURE STORY*
*Sun Plans Version of Java for Web-Linked Cellphones*
The New York Times, John Markoff; May 8, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/technology/08sun.html?th&emc=th
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/technology/08sun.html?th&emc=th>
Sun Microsystems plans to revamp its Java software in an effort to
compete more effectively in the fast-growing market for Internet-
connected mobile phones.
Although Sun was an early leader in developing Internet-oriented
software, the wireless Internet market has increasingly become a race
between the European software developer Symbian, Microsoft, Palm,
Research in Motion and a variety of smaller Linux-oriented efforts.
The new Sun software will blend the company's existing mobile-handset
version of Java with technology that Sun acquired this year from
SavaJe Technologies, a Massachusetts-based software developer. SavaJe
had developed an operating system aimed at so-called smartphones -
Internet-connected multifunction devices - based on the Java language.
Sun is hoping to attract handset makers and cellular carriers by
offering a new version of Java, to be dubbed JavaFX, in tandem with a
so-called scripting language that will enable designers of interactive
Web sites to create content that can be easily distributed by a
variety of devices - like personal computers, cellphones and set-top
boxes - without having to customize for each environment.
The announcement will be made Tuesday on the first day of JavaOne, the
company's annual conference for software developers, to be held here.
Sun's new strategy indicates the growing importance of the Web as a
crucial portal for distributing interactive content of all types, from
games to video and audio.
"There is an epic battle under way to reach the broadest audience
possible," Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's chief executive, said in an
interview last week.
Although it has not publicly announced that it will be a competitor in
the market for cellular phone software, Google is widely expected to
introduce its own version of the "software stack" for cellular handset
makers early next year.
Sun is facing a particularly daunting battle for a share of the
interactive Web, now served largely by Adobe's Flash software and
increasingly by a set of open-source alternative tools referred to
collectively as AJAX. Moreover, Microsoft recently joined the
competition with its own interactive development and distribution
system, Silverlight.
Sun has long argued that the company has benefited indirectly from the
Java language, which has not yet become a major revenue source despite
early market gains and a large base of developers. Widespread use of
the Java language has increased the sale of Sun computers, the
company's executives have said.
Now, however, Sun is moving to become a more direct software
competitor.
"The cellphone is really the next frontier in terms of what will be
the next big win in software," said Richard Monson Haefel, a senior
analyst at the Burton Group, an industry research group based in
Midvale, Utah.
"Sun is trying to get that position."
The JavaFX software will be offered under an open-source license,
meaning developers can use and modify it free of charge. But the
company is clearly hoping that it will persuade handset makers and
carriers to take commercial licenses on the handset version of the
software, JavaFX Mobile.
The company said it would not announce any licensing deals this week.
But one potential client is NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese cellphone
operator, which has been a traditional Sun partner.
Despite the challenges, Mr. Schwartz said he believed that Sun could
be competitive both because of the large existing base of Sun software
in current cellphones as well as the attractiveness of a single target
for interactive Web site content development.
In addition to mobile phones, the company said that it would also
market the JavaFX system to makers of television set-top boxes,
navigation devices and automobile dashboards.
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On 8 Mai, 17:19, smar...@cs.tu-berlin.de wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> hier ein paar News von der diesjährigen JavaOne:
>
> * *
>
> *SUN NEWS*
>
> *Sun Tries Again with Consumer-Flavored Java*
>
> CNET, Martin LaMonica; May 7, 2007
>
> http://news.com.com/Sun+tries+again+with+consumer-flavored+Java/2100-...
> http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=17&artnum=2...
> <http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?
> artsec=17&artnum=2&issue=20070507>
>
> The article spotlights Java's role in the home entertainment market.
> The author writes, "Cable companies and Hollywood studios are using
> Sun's Java software language to help the humble TV set catch up with
> more media-rich and interactive devices. That is, they're using Java
> to develop cool applications that could shift the way people use
> entertainment in their living rooms. Java applications, for example,
> could make it easy for people to call up some extra features when they
> order a movie on demand. And Java could soon let people use their TV
> remote controls to vote for their favorite contestant on 'American
> Idol.'" Sun Chief Digital Media Officer Bill Sheppard further notes,
> "There's some pretty cool stuff right now out there, but it's only a
> tiny fraction of what we're going to be seeing ... Consumers will start
> seeing these new features in the next few years as more Java-based set-
> top boxes, TV sets and Blu-ray players become available after years of
> anticipation."
>
> *Here Comes the Sun Conference*
>
> San Francisco Chronicle (Blog), Dan Fost, May 7, 2007
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=...
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2007/05/suns_eco_v...