java.net Weblogs by N. Alex RuppWeblogs by N. Alex Rupp from Java.netApache Geronimo is releasing a "State of the Project" announcement tomorrow.- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The Apache Geronimo Project is planning to send out a "State of the Project" announcement tomorrow morning (US time). These are just some of my thoughts on the project's first month.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/427 File under "Stupid Idea": A Non-Military Open Source License- (Found July 2, 2008 ) What a stupid idea! We don't need more restrictive licenses to prevent people from misusing our software. We just need better access to timely information so we can better make decisions for ourselves and help our leaders do the same.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/384 Total Government Awareness, Software and Ethics- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The MIT Media Lab's "Computing Culture Group" is a "research unit aimed at providing technologies that derive from values and motivations different than those usually held by technologists." The Open Source Initiative claims that ethics have no place in software or in technology. It appears not everyone agrees with them. Does ethics play a role in software development or computer science I assert that it does.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/371 Please pass the StringBeans -- IoC-3 Components and String Dependencies- (Found July 2, 2008 ) When working with Picocontainer and Inversion of Control type 3 (IoC-3) component techniques inside of Shocks, I ran across an odd problem with Java Strings.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1243 Apache Geronimo milestone release- (Found July 2, 2008 ) According to its developers, a milestone release of the Apache Geronimo server is tagged in CVS and awaiting binary release by the ASF. But don't get too excited about it just yet--the release is for earlybirds and hackers.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1244 Open Source Flex alternatives require broad industry support- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "The possibility of creating an XML-driven, Flash-based, online product configurator would be virtually impossible without Flex.&148;--Macromedia spokespersonhttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1304 Drools is 100% JSR-94 compliant and an order of magnitude faster!- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Great news! Drools, the Open Source dynamic rule engine at the Codehaus, is 100% JSR94 compliant.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1702 TC IASA presents "The Secrets of ROI for Software Architects" by Cris Ross- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Interested in Software Architecture Twin Cities resident On Monday, August 16th 2004 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, Cris Ross, CIO of United Behavioral Health will be delivering a presentation on "The Secrets of ROI for Architects" for the Twin Cities Chapter of the International Association of Software Architects (TC-IASA). The meeting'll be hosted by Intertech Training in Eagan, MN.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1686 My high school buddy got b0rked out of his GI Bill- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Yes, there is a world outside of Java. And in that world, my best friend from High School got B0RKED out of his GI Bill after serving four years in the Marine Corps. He's trying to go to school to study UI design, and was one of the smartest computer guys I knew when I was a kid. A news station from Minneapolis picked up the story (see the link), so I thought I'd blog it for good measure.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1637 Approaching Architecture- (Found July 2, 2008 ) It's begun to dawn on me how little is actually understood about software architecture. What is it Where did it come from Where's it going As a software developer, why should you be concerned with software architecture I can't answer all these questions but at least I can offer a starting point for Java developers interested in learning more about software architecture.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1568 |