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Open Media Commons turns the tables on DRM: When Jonathan Schwartz talked about the "Age Of Participation" back during Java One 2005, he wasn't kidding. Now it seems that Java sits squarely in the middle and has it's sights set on Digital Rights Management with the announcement of the Open Media Commons initiative.
Posted by jbob on August 21, 2005 at 22:24 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

The other 10 year old at Java One: Every one knows that Java turned 10, but did you meet Alissa? Here's the part of Scott's Keynote that I wish you saw.
Posted by jbob on June 29, 2005 at 01:57 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

java.net breaks through 150,000 member mark: Just 2 years old and over 150,000 registered members later, the java.net community continues to grow and add more reasons for anyone interested in Java to join.
Posted by jbob on June 24, 2005 at 12:52 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

OASIS looking to tackle deployment dependancies: OASIS announced a Solution Deployment Descriptor Technical Committee that will look to develop a specification for expressing software installation characteristics.
Posted by jbob on May 19, 2005 at 09:38 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net launches Partner Network today.: If your company is active on java.net, you will want to read this.
Posted by jbob on May 09, 2005 at 12:55 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

When your code and my code becomes "our code".: Is GPL really the white knight of Open Source as many claim, or does it just restrict different freedoms?
Posted by jbob on April 27, 2005 at 10:41 PST | Permalink | Discuss (20)  

Tech Galaxy 2005 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Like I really needed an excuse to go to Ft. Lauderdale! Impressive turnout - especially for a Saturday.
Posted by jbob on April 25, 2005 at 13:42 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

"Run anywhere" or "Runs everywhere"?: Are we overly focused on code reuse and missing another unique value of Java?
Posted by jbob on April 13, 2005 at 11:20 PST | Permalink | Discuss (5)  

SouJava becomes first JUG to join JCP: The largest Java User Group, and member of java.net's JUG community, joins the JCP.
Posted by jbob on April 11, 2005 at 20:34 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Community 101: Be visible and easy to find: In a large community, it's easy to get lost or overlooked. Here's how the java.net People Wiki can get you noticed and also be a very useful tool for members and project owners.
Posted by jbob on April 07, 2005 at 13:48 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Is binary XML an oxymoron?: Is the Fast Infoset Project really just a temporary fix, or have we found the right approach for solving XML performance problems and don't realize it yet?
Posted by jbob on March 23, 2005 at 12:53 PST | Permalink | Discuss (13)  

Where's Apple?: Mac users should hold Apple more accountable for timely support of Java on OS X.
Posted by jbob on October 06, 2004 at 09:37 PST | Permalink | Discuss (12)  

NetBeans IDE 4.0 Beta 2 is now available: Since the Beta 1 release, over 900 bugs have been fixed.
Posted by jbob on September 30, 2004 at 13:14 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net Fairness Board Election Results: Frederic Lavigne (l2fprod) is the newest member of the java.net Fairness Board
Posted by jbob on August 03, 2004 at 07:28 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net Fairness Board Election Results - We have a tie.: We recently had an online election for an open seat in the java.net Fairness Board. The result was a tie between two of the candidates and we will have a TIE-BREAK election from 7/25 - 7/31, 2004 to determine the winner.
Posted by jbob on July 22, 2004 at 09:25 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net Fairness Board Election is this week.: Online voting for seat on the java.net Fairness Board is open to java.net members this week.
Posted by jbob on July 12, 2004 at 05:13 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net Quarterly Advisory Board Meeting.: The java.net Advisory Board had their quarterly meeting on June 3rd. This blog explains what the Advisory Board is and where to find the meeting notes.
Posted by jbob on June 25, 2004 at 11:52 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net welcomes our 1,000th project.: The javafirmware project became our 1,000th project on java.net when it got approved for the linux.java.net incubator.
Posted by jbob on June 21, 2004 at 13:16 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

The java.net Fairness Board: The java.net Fairness Board Election is approaching and this is an explanation of the java.net Fairness Board and how voting will happen on java.net.
Posted by jbob on June 17, 2004 at 10:35 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net Election Announcement: We are announcing our first election for a seat on our Fairness Board.
Posted by jbob on June 15, 2004 at 13:35 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

What a difference a year makes.: A big thank you to all the java.net members for a fantastic first year.
Posted by jbob on June 10, 2004 at 19:35 PST | Permalink | Discuss (5)  

java.net Monthly Report - May 2004: Check out the Monthly report for May 2004.
Posted by jbob on June 04, 2004 at 13:20 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net Governance 2.0 is posted: The java.net Governance has been updated to more clearly spell out some of the processes of the various java.net boards
Posted by jbob on April 12, 2004 at 09:43 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

java.net Monthly Report - March 2004: Check out the java.net monthly report for March 2004.
Posted by jbob on April 01, 2004 at 20:59 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Microsoft says we should pay for email. When was it ever free?: Is an "email tax" an attempt to solve the SPAM problem or just profit from it?
Posted by jbob on March 07, 2004 at 08:48 PST | Permalink | Discuss (11)  

Java and Linux - A natural fit.: Providing better integration of Java into the Linux environment is a great new frontier that increases the audience of both. The Java.net Community Manager considers how Linux and Java fit together.
Posted by jbob on January 26, 2004 at 07:35 PST | Permalink | Discuss (10)  

Learn the new handshake!: Matt and Rick of Javalobby invented a new handshake for Java developers. Learn it!
Posted by jbob on January 21, 2004 at 14:15 PST | Permalink | Discuss (5)  

Web Services: The glue or just more rock and scissors?: XML and SOAP messages may mask the the underlying infrastructure from developers but the data center still needs to be brand aware.
Posted by jbob on September 23, 2003 at 09:45 PST | Permalink | Discuss (5)  

Socializing development tools: You may not be able to socialize me (just ask my inlaws or come on my next extended family vacation), but at least socialize my development tools.
Posted by jbob on September 08, 2003 at 08:40 PST | Permalink | Discuss (15)  

*** java.net SITE MAINTENANCE 6/28 ***: java.net will be unavailable during system maintenance on 6/28 12:00 - 14:30 PDT
Posted by jbob on June 28, 2003 at 07:30 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

Innovation doesn't just happen elsewhere, it happens by accident: Thank God for "failure"
Posted by jbob on June 17, 2003 at 02:47 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

Would you like a side of giblets to go with that Blackberry?: Java One proves technology can be funny.
Posted by jbob on June 16, 2003 at 07:23 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

The projects are rolling in!: Over 1,000 new members since the launch and 44 new projects today already.
Posted by jbob on June 11, 2003 at 09:21 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

The birth of an online community.: The only thing missing was the epidural....
Posted by jbob on June 10, 2003 at 14:48 PST | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Welcome to java.net.... We did it!: Amazing people can accomplish amazing things
Posted by jbob on June 10, 2003 at 07:26 PST | Permalink | Discuss (4)