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Knut has also mentioned the recent release of Apache Derby 10.4.2. A corresponding Java DB release should be available for download soon. (Usually this happens immediately but we're all at a developers' conference for the next couple of weeks.)

Other Virtual Machines

Posted by mortazavi on February 18, 2008 at 03:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sun has just acquired innotek: "Europe's leading high-tech software company specializing in PC virtualization technology and operating system design."

You can check out innotek's VirtualBox Open Source Edition at virtualbox.org.

You can also read Sun's announcement, and here's an independent review of the innotek acquisition.

In case you do a web search and run into other innoteks, note that the right one is "http://www.innotek.de/"

Java Mobile and Java DB

Posted by mortazavi on August 28, 2007 at 09:07 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Do you need a database for your smart phone or CDC application?

Listen to Rick Hillegas, Sun Senior Staff Engineer and Apache Derby developer, provide crisp and clear insights into uses of JavaDB. He also discusses release frequency, memory requirements, Java DB footprint and some very interesting Java DB survey results from JavaOne, including this one: Some 40% of users deploy Java DB in client-server mode. Some 60% in embedded mode.

Also, check out Java Mobile and Embedded Community.

FLOSS on PostgreSQL

Posted by mortazavi on August 20, 2007 at 06:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Randal Schwartz and Leo Laporte talk to Josh Berkus on FLOSS, about PostgreSQL, Perl, Python, PHP, Java, etc., and various PostgreSQL related projects.

IBM on Solaris

Posted by mortazavi on August 16, 2007 at 10:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

You can now get Solaris on IBM x86.

PostgreSQL and License Fees

Posted by mortazavi on August 16, 2007 at 09:56 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Check out this result to understand how you can save tons of money using PostgreSQL on Solaris on ULtraSparc T1 CoolThreads Server!

Very similar performance at a fraction of the cost!

(Licensing fees ==> Oracle on HP: $80,000. PostgreSQL on SunFire: $0.)

A More Open Java Community

Posted by mortazavi on August 15, 2006 at 10:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Expect to find yourself in a more open Java community soon.

Mark Reinhold and Simon Phipps have written about the significance of new steps Sun has taken to create even a more open Java community.

Sun engineers already participate in various open source activities, from Apache (witness the Beta release of Derby 10.2) to Open Solaris.

So, now, java.net collaboration environment will host the open JDK community, and "Java ME code (CDC and CLDC) will also be open source around the end of the year," says Phipps.

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