JavaDesktop NewsNews from java.net's JavaDesktop Community homepage.Survey Says AJAX Grew to Reach a Total Penetration Level of 28%- November 29, 2006 The use of Visual Basic, one of the most popular computer languages throughout the last fifteen years, is eroding dramatically according to Evans Data's Fall 2006 North American Development Survey. Overall, developer use of the Visual Basic family has dropped off by 35% since last spring. As expected, developers are finally leaving VB6 and earlier versions, they're also leaving VB.NET; which is down by 26%.http://java.sys-con.com/read/306532.htm The NetBeans Dream Team Wants You- November 21, 2006 NetBeans is organizing a "NetBeans Dream Team" of top community participants. Nominations are now being accepted (until Dec. 1) for the 10 founding Dream Team members.http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t84749.html Open Source Java: "This Is a Great Week," Says Calvin Austin- November 17, 2006 'Could have Java been open sourced earlier' Calvin Austin asks himself this week, in his blog. 'Yes,' he answers, 'but Sun kept many communities involved including the Java champions which I have to give them full credit for.' All in all, he concludes, 'This is a great week.'http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/302579.htm See the spectacle that is the PS3 launch- November 17, 2006 Video: See the spectacle that is the PS3 launch. From San Francisco: CNET.com's Molly Wood was on hand for the first PlayStation 3s to be sold at midnight on November 17. Hear from both the hard-core gamers and the budding entrepreneurs, as well as the lucky first buyer.http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6136443.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news Gates on Vista, Linux and more- November 17, 2006 In part two of an interview with News.com, Bill Gates discusses his favorite Vista feature, why he'll keep pushing for a new file system, and the role of open source.http://news.com.com/2008-1012_3-6136350.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news Photos: The '$100 laptop' prototype- November 17, 2006 The One Laptop Per Child project shows off a working prototype of the low-cost laptop for school children in developing nations.http://news.com.com/2300-1003_3-6136378-1.html?part=rss&tag=6136378&subj=news Bringing JNI Into the Present- November 1, 2006 Weiqi Gao has some interesting ideas that could bring JNI programming to the rest of the Java masses. He suggests annotations and some automatic code generation. Will it workhttp://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t83696.html |