This afternoon, the Java FX 2.0 release was made available in public beta format, signifying another big step in Oracle's plan to make JavaFX a premier rich...
0 replies - 27961 views - 05/26/11 by Jim Moscater in Daily Dose
2010 was a year of exodus for many Sun employees who disliked the new corporate philosophy under Oracle. The blogger Pelegri has compiled a list of companies...
0 replies - 22064 views - 01/04/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Before the Oracle acquisition, Sun was contributing three servers to the build farm for the PostgreSQL project to test updates and ensure stability on...
12 replies - 16731 views - 07/29/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Yet another great developer has left Oracle this week. Bryan Cantrill, the co-inventor of DTrace, gave a heartfelt farewell to the company he joined in...
2 replies - 14613 views - 07/26/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
After Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's scathing comments criticizing the (mis)management of Sun Microsystems, former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz had only one thing to...
1 replies - 14301 views - 05/17/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
"Software freedom matters, and I intend to prove it." That was the bold statement that Simon Phipps, the former Chief Open Source Officer at Sun...
0 replies - 7345 views - 05/10/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
After many months of grappling with the EU over the Sun acquisition and the fate of one popular open source database, Oracle is quickly reaping the benefits of...
0 replies - 7812 views - 03/26/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Johnathan Schwartz, the former CEO of Sun recently said what he couldn't say about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates when he was with the company. "I feel for...
0 replies - 16760 views - 03/11/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Simon Phipps' Last Day at Sun Just a few months short of his 10th anniversary, Simon Phipps is retiring from Oracle (formerly Sun) according to his blog. ...
0 replies - 17004 views - 03/10/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Hibernate 3.5 CR1 JPA 2 Compliant The JBoss blog just announced the release of Hibernate 3.5.0 CR 1 (that's "Candidate Release," which is basically...
0 replies - 21727 views - 02/15/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Oracle Lights the JavaOne BeaconYou know it's official when the call for papers is heard. Oracle just announced JavaOne's call for papers and presenters have...
0 replies - 16600 views - 02/12/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Sun Loses a Poet
For his last day on the job, former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz wrote his
final farewell in a haiku on
twitter: "Today's my
last...
2 replies - 16842 views - 02/05/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Facebook Open Sources PHP Innovations The early reports about Facebook's PHP rewrite project were vindicated when "HipHop" was introduced on the...
0 replies - 16953 views - 02/03/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems received the seal of approval from the European Commission this week following Oracle CEO Larry Elllison's...
0 replies - 10015 views - 01/21/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
The Next Yummy Version of Android is… Erick Tseng, the Senior Project Manager for Android, recently told Engagdet what the tasty confection codename for...
0 replies - 16620 views - 01/19/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
