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February 2004



Eric Raymond's Letter and Modern Computing Mythology

Wednesday, 18 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
Don't mistake this blog as anything but my opinions. They are entirely my own opinions and not those of anyone else. I will state up front that I support and use open source software. There is a new mythology perpetrated by RedHat's Michael Te

90 Million Chinese Mobile Users Get Java

Tuesday, 10 February 2004 8:26 P GMT-08
China, like Korea, is moving to J2ME.  In a huge and under-reported announcement - China Unicom, Beijing ZRRT Communications and Sun have signed a far-reaching deal to deliver data, information and entertainment services to 90 million Chines

A Killer NetBeans 3.6 Beta is Released

Friday, 6 February 2004 8:40 P GMT-08
The NetBeans 3.6 Beta is out and the emerging consensus is that it rocks.  I tried it out on a PowerBook and it looks great and seems so far to fly (speedwise). Others are also finding a similar experience on JavaLobby.  The NetBeans te

J2SE 1.5 Emerges, NetBeans 3.6 Beta Also

Friday, 6 February 2004 10:12 A GMT-08
Update : NetBeans 3.6 Beta is out. The "buzz" has started.  J2SE 1.5 Beta is here. Already over at JavaLobby the debate is going on whether to run JavaLobby on it.  The Beta 1 of J2SE 1.5 is now available.  The summary of new featur

StarOffice Wins 10,000 New Users in India

Thursday, 5 February 2004 11:56 P GMT-08
Sun announced that StarOffice 7 won a 10,000 seat deal in India.  United India insurance company is moving over to StarOffice 7.  This was a big win for StarOffice over rival Microsoft Office.  According to news reports the company