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OpenLogic Launches Free Open Source Library and Knowledge Base
The OpenLogic Exchange, which launched last week, provides a place where companies and developers can find, research, and download certified open source packages. It also has a knowledgebase for each package and provides information on OpenLogic's certification scores, as well as licenses and dependencies between open source packages.
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Article: Open Source WS Stacks for Java - Design Goals and Philosophy
InfoQ's Stefan Tilkov questioned lead developers of Apache Axis2, Apache CXF, Spring Web Services, JBossWS and and Sun’s Metro about their design goals, their approach towards Java and Web services standards, data binding, accessing XML, interoperability, REST support, and framework maturity. The results revealed many similarities and some noteworthy differences.
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The SCA Debate
David Chappell, from Chappell & Associates, started a debate on SCA by reasoning that "Microsoft Should Not Support SCA".
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Table Value Constructors and Compound Assignments for SQL Server 2008
In SQL Server 2008, T-SQL will be getting some welcome enhancements to the syntax itself. Included among these are table value constructors, also known as row constructors, inline variable declaration, and compound assignments.
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Open Source: The .NET Framework
Today Microsoft announced it will release the source code for its .NET Framework under the Microsoft Reference License.
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Interview with SCA standards members and users
InfoQ took time to talk to some of the driving forces behind SCA at the OpenCSA Plenary held recently.
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Intalio|BPMS 5.0 released - A full fledged open source BPM system
Intalio last week released their open source based BPM System - Intalio|BPMS 5.0, including amongst other things a BPMN Editor and a BPEL server engine. The release is a milestone for Intalio in their effort to realise a complete solution for their BPM 2.0 vision. InfoQ took the opportunity to interview Ismael Ghalimi, Intalio CEO, and Arnaud Blandin, EMEA Director, about the new release.
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Lucene Oracle Integration Looks to Surpass Oracle Text
New work to enhancement LUCENE-724 by Marcelo Ochoa allows for better integration of Lucene as a domain index from within the Oracle database. The updates allow greater flexibility than using Oracle Text.
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JBoss RichFaces 3.1: Ajax4JSF and Exadel RichFaces integrated as single open source library
JBoss, a division of RedHat, recently released version 3.1 of the RichFaces JSF library. Stemming from a partnership with Exadel, this release is the first one to integrate the Ajax4JSF project with the formerly commercial RichFaces. InfoQ took the opportunity to learn more about RichFaces and what this release brings to the JSF space.
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What does the term ESB actually mean?
In his blog, Nick Allen, program manager in the Connected Systems Division at Microsoft, went on to collect several definitions and clarify Microsoft's position on the question.
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David Pallmann’s WCF Tips
David Pallmann has published a series of WCF Tips. The tips are assembled in terms of design patterns, which are grouped by aspects of developing WCF providers and consumers.
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JRuby compiler finished
As Charles Nutter reports, JRuby's Ruby to Bytecode compiler is finished. This is used for AOT and JIT compilation, and will go into JRuby 1.1. Future plans include a compiler that could help with Java integration by turning Ruby classes into Java types.
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Apache Tuscany Released as First 1.0 SCA Implementation
The the Apache Software Foundation has released the first 1.0 implementation of the Service Component Architecture (SCA), Apache Tuscany 1.0. SCA is a set of specifications aimed at simplifying SOA Application Development which are being standardized at OASIS as part of Open Composite Services Architecture (Open CSA).
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The ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Has Been Updated
The AJAX Control Toolkit for ASP.NET 2.0 has been updated. Nothing new was added, but the bug fixes are sure to be welcome. In related news, a VS 2008 Beta 2 compatible version was also released with a couple of interesting features. And in case you did not know, they are now accepting patches.
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Halo 3 Site Demonstrates Flaws in SilverLight
With all the buzz about Halo 3, Microsoft couldn't help but to use it as an excuse to make users download SilverLight. But like Flash, it has some serious flaws.