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DON'T PUBLISH THIS (THE ENGLISH CONTENT WAS MADE BY MISTAKE)
Sun于2006年11月13日宣布在GNU通用公共许可证第2版（GNU General Public License v2, GPLv2）下开放Java SE、Java ME以及 Glassfish的源代码，同时Sun发布了Java SE 7 HotSpot JVM、javac编译器和JavaHelp的早期构建版本。完全可构建的Java SE 7 JDK类库计划于2007年第一季度发布。关于Java管理模式的计划尚未宣布。
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Panel: Who will Develop Software in 10 Years?
In this video discussion panel (with transcript) Martin Fowler, Frank Buschmann, Steve Cook, Jimmy Nilsson, and Dave Thomas discuss the future of software development. Topics covered include outsourcing, is Google the next MS?, multi-core & parallism, grid computing, software stacks of the future, and more. The panel is from QCon sister-conference JAOO.
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Aptana Takes Over Development of RadRails
The company behind the popular Eclipse-based AJAX IDE Aptana announce that they are taking over development and sponsorship of RadRails, a move that may yet save the project from its current state of neglect.
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CIO JP Rangaswami on open source in the enterprise & the future of information
In this InfoQ exclusive, CIO JP Rangsawami explains how open source became a corporate IT strategy at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and why CIOs of major enterprises should consider open source for software development initiatives. JP also explains his vision of four pillars of the new world if information: Syndication, Search, Fulfillment, and Collaboration/Conversation.
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Oracle Contributes TopLink ORM Open Source to Eclipse
Oracle is contributing the commercial TopLink ORM open source to Eclipse. Going forward, all production features of TopLink will be available in EclipseLink and Oracle's commercially supported TopLink will only contain an additional thin proprietary integration code layer necessary for some Oracle AppServer and SOA Suite features. Oracle is also becoming an Eclipse Strategic Developer.
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GotDotNet is Being Shutdown
Microsoft's code sharing site, GotDotNet, is being shutdown. The official deadline is July 2007, but specific areas will be closed long before then. Presumably users are expected to migrate to CodePlex, Microsoft's "open source project hosting web site".
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The First VB 8 Compiler Written in VB
Rolf Kvinge has released a mostly functional VB 8 compiler written as part of the Mono project. Unlike Microsoft's VB compiler, which is actually written C++, this compiler was written in VB.
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Sun Open Sources Fortress programming language for the JVM
Fortress, a new language designed specifically for high-performance computing (HPC), has been released on SunSource under the BSD language. The preliminary interpreter is based on the JVM. Fortress is intended as a modern day replacement for Fortran.
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Apache Synapse Graduates from Incubator, Releases 0.91
The Apache Synapse project has been promoted from the Apache Incubator to a full member of the Apache Web Services project. Apache Synapse is a mediation framework for Web Services that allows messages flowing through, into, or out of an organization to be mediated. The Synapse team has just released 0.91 of the project.
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Flash: The Next Open Source Debate?
With Java open sourced and Microsoft unlikely to start open sourcing their software stack anytime soon, Flash stands and one of the most widely used technologies driving the internet which is not open source. Duane Nickull has written a starting point for the debate.
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ECMA Passes OpenXML Standard to the Chagrin of ODF Supporters
ECMA has passed Microsoft's Open XML standard. This format, original conceived as an XML version of the various Microsoft Office formats. While some are rejoicing at the prospect of Microsoft loosening its grip on the industry, others see it as an abuse of the process.
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Rubinius Surges Ahead
Geoff Grosenbach, host of the Ruby on Rails podcast and the producer of the Peepcode series of instructional videos, announced that he is backing development of the Rubinius Project to the tune of 1000 USD and encouraged the community to donate more towards its development.
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Lead Kaffe developer Dalibor Topic discusses OpenJDK
Dalibor Topic, lead Kaffe developer and Classpath contributor, was recently interviewed about the decision by Sun to open-source Java. He talks about how he is pleased with Sun's decision and how they're implementing it and how he thinks that Kaffe, GCJ, etc will continue to thrive.
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IBM's Response to Open Source Java under GPL
Last week some publications alluded to an official response by IBM regarding open source Java. InfoQ got a copy from IBM, republished here. IBM is generally supportive of the move, but would have preferred the contribution be made to Apache Harmony or at least under an Apache compatible license.
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Sun Virtual Reality briefing on Java forks, compatibility, Microsoft, Linux
Simon Phipps, Tim Bray and Mark Shuttleworth held a briefing on Monday inside the Second Life online virtual reality game. The speakers addressed a croud of about 40 real people seated infront of the stage, covering Java on Linux, forking, what Sun will do to prevent incompatible Java's, a Microsoft fork, Harmony, and why it took so long for Java to be open sourced.