Calvin Austin's Blog

JavaOne - Hits and misses

This years JavaOne was a not to be missed event. Here are my views on how the conference has changed.

Posted: May. 9, 2008 07:42 PM

Applets re-birth, what happened?

Dion has been blogging about the re-birth of Applets, but how did things end up this way?

Posted: Oct. 23, 2007 06:47 PM

javascript remote diff/merge tool

Update of the open source project JSBlend tool now handles remote diff and merges

Posted: Oct. 3, 2007 06:10 PM

Pavarotti and I - a true hero

I was very sad to see the news about Pavarotti's death. He was a true inspiration, an amazing tenor and larger than life. I met him briefly 25 years ago.. here is how

Posted: Sep. 6, 2007 04:36 PM

JAVA stock ticker change - what's next?

SUNW ticker = JAVA, what's next!

Posted: Aug. 24, 2007 02:14 PM

Dirty secrets of computer engineering

Why no-one really wants software updates and what we can do about it.

Posted: Jul. 10, 2007 09:11 PM

Java on Fiesty Ubuntu - will anyone notice?

Java is now part of the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn repositories but will the average user or developer even notice?

Posted: Apr. 20, 2007 09:48 PM

The unwritten story of open source java

I'm over the moon that Sun has stepped up to deliver open source Java. But why did it take so long? What events led up to this historic day?

Posted: Nov. 15, 2006 03:55 PM

What PHP needs to learn from Java

Why PHP finds it hard to dislodge Java from the Enterprise

Posted: Jul. 26, 2006 03:24 PM

Java and the Titanic

Not the Mythbusters or some Microsoft publicity stunt, the titanic was really here!

Posted: May. 17, 2006 08:05 PM

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