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Java – Really Open – Open Source

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:15:59 +0000

From the Free Refill Department, the Better Late Than Early Department, and the Boy Who Cried Wolf Department, comes this interesting news item:

Java is “really open” Open Source now. Almost.

Yahoo reported this hot Java news on Earth Day, and Slashdot reported it and rehashed it on World Book Day, eWeek analyzed it last Wednesday, and snail mailed it on Monday, and I’m finally mentioning it on Bring Your Child to Work Day. I hope my 13 year old daughter doesn’t ask me to explain the difference between FOSS and “free beer”, or stump me with questions about how the CDDL is different than the GPL. I just enjoy drinking the free coffee. I drink the free coffee every day at work. Why? I just like it. Don’t ask me any difficult questions.

But seriously… all joking aside, seems like Jonathan Schwartz really gets it.

Ruby on Rails vs Java – RailsEnvy Video

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:39:23 +0000

Gregg Pollack and Jason Seifer from RailsEnvy.com do some Ruby on Rails commercials in the same style of the Mac vs PC ads. Videos produced by Jason Hawkins of MakeFilmWork.com.

The video is kind of funny, and does reveal some tidbits of truth about the complexity of enterprise java development. But those who have been reading about Ruby and JRuby for a while realize that you can run Ruby and Ruby On Rails with Java.

But if you think about it… guess that goes to show you there’s a-lotta-truth here.

Ruby Compiler is complete!

admin — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:11:54 +0000

It is a glorious day in JRuby-land, for the compiler is now complete.

For the first time ever, there is a complete, fully-functional Ruby 1.8 compiler.

Java Train Wreck?

admin — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:36:29 +0000

Is the Java train heading for a wreck? Years of API bloat, and fat passengers riding in first class, are taking a heavy toll on the Sun software engine. Is Java going the way of COBOL — being crushed by its own weight?