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Sun: First thing we do, let's fire all the lawyers - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Today's big news story is that Sun will lay off 5,000 employees -- 13% of its workforce. My advice to Sun: start with the lawyers.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000072.html

Servlet Best Practices - (Found July 2, 2008 )

O'Reilly's ONJava site has posted a chapter on Servlet Best Practices, an excerpt from the upcoming Java Enterprise Best Practices book.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000035.html

J-Blogging - (Found July 2, 2008 )

David Czarnecki has released a Java-based blogger based on Bloxsom, called Blojsom. Don't ask me how to pronounce it.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000036.html

What the X is XQuery - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Have you heard of XQuery Oracle Magazine just published an article of mine that will give you a full intro.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000042.html

J2SE 1.4 Article: New IO Channels - (Found July 2, 2008 )

I'm writing a series of articles for the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) about the J2SE 1.4 features that affect enterprise developers. The first has gone out covering New IO's Channels.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000044.html

The "Energizer" Stack Trace - (Found July 2, 2008 )

It just keeps going, and going, and going...
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000058.html

Top 10 Must-Read Java Programming Books - (Found July 2, 2008 )

"Java Servlet Programming" made the About.com "Top 10 Must-Read Java Books" list.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000063.html

The Innovator's Dilemma: It's Happening to Java - (Found July 2, 2008 )

I came to a realization this weekend. The Java web tier is suffering "The Innovator's Dilemma"...
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000068.html

New Features Added to Servlets 2.5 - (Found July 2, 2008 )

I wrote the cover story for JavaWorld this week covering the new changes in Servlets 2.5. Here's the link.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000069.html

Servlet Container Performance - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Web Performance has published a performance comparison of J2EE servers testing both servlet-generated and static content. Happily, this report doesn't include EJBs in the mix, just real web serving.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000033.html