The Clingan ZoneThe almost-daily thoughts of a customer-focused Sun employee.Giving NWAM a go- March 31, 2007 In place of Inetmenu, I've decided to make a go of NWAM using the prototype bits. Thanks to James and Scott for the nudge. So far so good. Works like a charm. Boot my laptop, it automagically get an IP. It's that simple. Check out the NWAM UI spec.http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/giving_nwam_a_go Up and running Nevada Build 60- March 29, 2007 Looks like I'll be running Solaris again as my primary desktop (Yeeee-hawwwww!). More as to why on a future post.It's been a while since I've done a complete re-install. IIRC, I have live-upgraded from Build 27 to Build 41. I pretty much hosed my install (covered a bit here). Sssooo, I backed up my data and installed Nevada Build 60 from scratch. It seems as if every time I do this, I forget where to download my favorite apps. Through Google, I found that Stacy has a good...http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/up_and_running_nevada_build Give it up for some new bloggers- March 29, 2007 It wasn't all that long ago that blogs.sun.com was at 2886 blogs. Today we are at 3,064 blogs. That's an amazing amount of content to sift through. As in the early days of Java, I used to read every message that came across the list. Too many blogs today to read every post. I suppose I could, but I'd get fired There are two bloggers I want to point you to in particular. The first is Dave Edstrom, who I've been bugging for over a year to start a blog. I can tell through my lucky...http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/give_it_up_for_some Glassfish in action (Screencast)- March 26, 2007 If you are interested in Glassfish, RoR, Phobos, PHP or application servers in general, check out Jerome's Glassfish v3 screencast. Note, the title of the post says "first", so I'm assuming there will be more coming.What's nice about Glassfish v3, which the screencast delves into, is the improved startup time. Me-thinks that a sub-second up-and-running web container should facilitate design-time and allow developers to better focus on the problem at hand. Quick-startup is enabled by a.http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/glassfish_in_action_screencast Attracting Open Source talent- March 20, 2007 I'm not the first to bring this up (not even close), but Ian Murdock has joined Sun. He's not the first participant to do so. Semi-newbie employees include JRuby studs Charles Nutter and Thomas Enebo. I've got this gut feel there's more to come. Nope, no insider info. Just an ever-expanding gut, so when I get a gut feeling, I notice it.So what is the "source" of this gut feeling There is simply no other company doing sssooo much with Open Source today. Part of our strategy is to.http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/attracting_open_source_talent Sun Web Roundtable - your input requested- March 15, 2007 Steve Staso has posted a meeting notice for Sun web folks to meet on April 11th on what we should be doing to improve the customer and partner web development & deployment experience. What would really help facilitate this meeting would be feedback from the broader web community. If you have a few spare cycles, stop by Steve's blog and post a comment. The first comment, globalization of Sun's current offerings such as Startup Essentials, is an excellent start to the conversation.I'd like...http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/sun_web_roundtable_input_requested Geez, another meme- March 14, 2007 I simply don't like meme's that waste time, and I think that this is another one of them. None-the-less, I'm tagged and don't want to be a spoiled-sport. My wife and I don't listen to much music together, mostly talk radio. However, she would do much better than I with this meme. I simply don't like country music. Note, my musical interests are much wider than the list below, but my wife isn't exactly a Metal enthusiast.Name five songs (or artists) that you love but annoy your...http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/geez_another_meme Should I cash in The Clingan Zone- March 10, 2007 Here we go again. The latest blog fodder is hitting the net and I simply can't resist the urge to participate Ssssooo, I clicked on the link to determine my blog worthlessness. Turns out $9,032.64 is the magic number. This, of course, pales in comparison to Jonathan's $165K and Tim Bray's almost $700K.The question is, how can one leverage this newfound wealth Sell it on eBay I figure if someone can trade up a paper clip into a house, then I have got a good head start towards this....http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/should_i_cash_in_the 10 Years at Sun- March 5, 2007 I've done it! As of March 3rd, I have been an employee of Sun Microsystems for 10 years. I've seen ups and I've seen downs. I've played sales geek and I've played consulting geek. I've used numerous technologies, from E10k's and 4800's down to his younger brother, from a JavaStation (pictured to the right) to a Sun Ray, from a portal server down to Solaris, from a 6920 down to a disk drive, from highly focused RFP's to the much broader blogs.sun.com. Sun has always supported open...http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/10_years_at_sun UUASC Virtualization Roundtable- March 1, 2007 I am a somewhat active member of the UUASC. Tomorrow I will single-handedly lower the average IQ of a panel of experts by 20 points by participating in a roundtable discussion on virtualization. I must say that I love the topic (along with Thin Clients, Java, etc). I may have to pull an IOU for more time or simply get the hook After the kids hit the sack last night, I was up 'til the weee hours preparing (futzing around). I installed the Solaris Container Demo (right). I'm working on the..http://blogs.sun.com/jclingan/entry/uuasc_virtualization_roundtable |