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How you acquire open source projects

How you acquire open source projectsTrademark is the keyIn most cases, I think the value in such deals is the trademark. Typically the code can be forked, but in order to call it a certain name the trademark, or use a certain logo, someone may need to license it.http://opendomain.blogspot.com/Answer: You...

Tags: OSS Project, OSS, JRuby, open source

Discussion threads 2006-09-20

Microsoft ties a bow around and ships Python language support for .NET (IronPython)

Earlier last month, Ars Technica had a pretty good catch-me-up on the efforts of Sun and Microsoft to introduce "external" dynamic language support to their respective runtime environments Java and .NET (see .NET and Java to get better dynamic language support). By external, I mean languages that don't come...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, IronPython

Blog posts 2006-09-06

JRuby on Rails (JRoR) demonstrated at JavaOne

Thomas E. Enebo Aandtech and Charles Nutter surprised attendees of their JRuby talk by showing off an early prototype of JRuby on Rails. Being careful to call it a "development preview", they promised that by the end of the summer they would have a fully supported version working. Downloads will...

Tags: Java, JRuby, Ruby 1.6

Blog posts 2006-05-17

Additional Resources

Java/JRuby Developers, Say Open 'Sesame' to the Semantic Web

The core concept of the semantic web is integrating and using data from different sources. Using semantic web technologies such as RDF/RDFS and the SPARQL query language to integrate and use data from disparate sources has some advantages over using a standard relational database. The Resource Description Framework RDF uses...

Tags: Developer, Semantic Web, RDF, XML, Research & Development, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Business Operations

White papers 2008-08-22

NetBeans, Solaris, GlassFish: The Ruby's Red Slippers Fit

Opening the JVM to Ruby and the advent of JRuby on Rails marks an advance in Java technology. It enables the faster creation of easily maintained and rich web sites in the Web 2.0 era. Of particular note is Sun's Da Vinci Machine project, which is extending the JVM with...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun NetBeans, Project GlassFish, Ruby, JVM, Sun Solaris, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-06-01

Open source market making arrives with Marketcetera

It can be tougher than getting the winning bid in at an eBay auction. Traders who want to automate what they do and get the best price have long been saddled with proprietary systems like Bloomberg to run their algorithms. No more. Now there's...

Tags: Trader, Eclipse, Day Trader, Open Source, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Python's future looks bright

Python's future looks brightCrickey! this puts Microsoft on the ropes!Sun have ALWAYS advocated multi-language support with Java, while Microsoft wanted to ram C# down eveyones thoats.Now that they've got some big names on the payroll, surely we can expect a me-too copy-cat knee-jerk response from MS, like hiring maybe the...

Tags: Programming languages, Scripting languages, Development tools, .NET, Middleware, Python, future look, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., Java

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Python's future looks bright

It always warms my heart to see good programmers get the recognition they deserve. This week, Sun announced they were hiring Ted Leung (long-time Python developer), and Frank Wierzbicki lead implementer of the Jython project. They'll be working full-time on Jython and in particular paying attention to developer tools. ...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Python, Jython, Wierzbicki, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Rails Powered by the GlassFish Application Server

This paper introduces JRuby, JRuby on Rails, and the GlassFish application server. It presents a traditional Ruby-on-Rails application deployment, describes an alternative using the GlassFish application server, and explains the various options for deploying JRuby applications on GlassFish. Many developers see the GlassFish application server as the superior solution for...

Tags: Application Server, Project GlassFish, Server, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-03-01

Sun Microsystems: Can it grow?

Sun Microsystems: Can it grow?Java and NiagaraHow can you have an entire discussion about Sun's future growth without even mentioning Java and Niagara? This almost seems like a willful oversight. Niagara is designed for the modern blade-based server cluster farms. It is designed for energy efficiency -...

Tags: Programming languages, Sun NetBeans, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Niagara, Java 6

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

Microsoft architect compares Volta and Google's GWT

Is Microsoft's "cloud programming" toolset Volta -- which Microsoft released in early preview form this week -- a "me-too" response to Google's Google Web Toolkit GWT? I've seen that argument from fellow ZDNet blogger Ed Burnette and others around the Web. I asked Microsoft Volta Architect...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Intermediate Language, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp., Google Web Toolkit, Volta, Execution Environment, Scripting Languages, C#, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Programming Languages, Software Development, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-07

Why Microsoft hates Google's Android

Richard Monson-Haefel, an analyst at the Burton group, just posted a sarcastic and inaccurate analysis of Android on the company's blog. In his article, called "Why Microsoft Loves Google's Android", Monson-Haefel claims that Microsoft should be "secretly celebrating" Google's introduction of Android. "Android is perhaps the best thing to happen...

Tags: Java Platform, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Android, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-11-28

NetBeans vs. Eclipse, this time with attitude

After months of regular milestones and community feedback, Sun has released a Beta version of NetBeans 6.0. NetBeans is an Integrated Development Environment IDE written for programmers who use Java, Ruby, C/C++, and other languages. It competes for developer mindshare with Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEA, and many other...

Tags: IDE, Java, Environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun NetBeans, Eclipse, Tool, Development Environment, JetBrains IDEA, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-09-19

Cross-platform Microsoft

Cross-platform MicrosoftPerhaps MS has learned thatit does not need to control the kernel or window manager to control the desktop space. If anything, having to deal with those two things has become more of a liability to MS than an asset. At least from a public relations point of view....

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, .NET, Development tools, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mono

Discussion threads 2007-08-13

JRuby and the Java Platform

This paper gets one started using JRuby and the Java platform. It shows how to set up JRuby, explains the basics of using JRuby scripts with Java applications and the NetBeans integrated development environment NetBeans IDE, and provides links to help a person learn more. Also, the Getting Started section...

Tags: Java Platform, IDE, Sun NetBeans, Java, Ruby On Rails, Programming Languages, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development

White papers 2007-06-01

Sun wows Java crowd with NetBeans 6.0 preview

Hundreds of attendees for Suns fourth annual NetBeans Day in San Francisco will get a glimpse of the future of NetBeans today as Sun shows off the latest preview release of NetBeans 6.0. This year, NetBeans Day was included as part of CommunityOne, a free one-day conference devoted to community-based...

Tags: Sun, Scripting, Programming, NetBeans, Java, General, Community

Blog posts 2007-05-07

Sun preparing answer to Flash, Silverlight?

Sun preparing answer to Flash, Silverlight?I hope soSun totally needs to answer here beyond Java applets. They need to answer with a non 30+mb plugin download. They need to answer with open source and an open specification/standard. First one who delivers the full open source/open specification/cross-browser/cross-platform RIA...

Tags: Programming languages, Scripting languages, plug-in, Flash/Flex/Apollo, JavaScript, WINDOWS USERS, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., AJAX, Microsoft Silverlight

Discussion threads 2007-05-05

Microsoft to roll out dynamic-language layer for .Net

Microsoft is readying a new software layer designed to allow dynamic languages to integrate more easily and tightly with its .Net Framework, according to sources. Microsoft is aiming to unveil the new technology -- which it may christen as the "Dynamic Language Runtime" DLR -- at its Mix...

Tags: .Net Framework, Development tools, Visual Studio Orcas

Blog posts 2007-04-24

NetBeans Day subsumed by CommunityOne

To reflect an increasing emphasis on open technologies at Sun, NetBeans Day will have to scoot over a bit to make room for several other topics on the day before JavaOne (May 7, 2007).The free one-day event, now called CommunityOne, is designed for developers to gain technical information on free...

Tags: Sun, Programming, NetBeans, Java, General, Community

Blog posts 2007-04-10

Groovy 1.0 is out

Groovy 1.0 is outsoftware innovationIts getting harder and harder to keep up with software technology.Not sure what the advantage is if there are 10 different scripting languages to do pretty much similar things.By the time one masters one particular language, the in language is something else and the market demands...

Tags: Programming languages, Human Resources, Groovy 1.0

Discussion threads 2007-01-05