- Sun CTO promises Flash-like experience from JavaFX and new runtimePosted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on May 9, 2007 9:13 PM Subscribe Alerts1 comment

- On Tuesday Sun Microsystems unveiled a new consumer-oriented product line called JavaFX, which among other things has a new language for interactive user interfaces. Sound a little like Flash? That's...[Read the rest]
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- Sun Execs Unplugged: Java best-positioned to capitalize on 'converged' developers
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- Sun's JavaFX = Microsoft Silverlight (in theory, at least)
- At JavaOne today, Sun announced a new Java scripting environment and a new Java platform of tools and software that it plans to make consistent across everything from cell phones... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: May 8, 2007 9:58 AM
- Software 2007: Innovation on the upswing
- While JavaOne is going on in San Francisco, Software 2007 just got underway at the Santa Clara Convention Center. M.R. Rangaswami, conference host, began the proceedings by documenting the state... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: May 8, 2007 9:55 AM
- Podcast: News to know midday update: JavaOne, HP, TJX
- Today, were launching a new daily podcast, an audio version of our News to Know link post in BTL. The goal of the podcast is to get you three top... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 8, 2007 9:00 AM
- JavaFX headlines JavaOne
- Sun has joined the club of companies building platforms for Rich Internet Application (RIA) platforms with JavaFX. The company hopes to give Java, which is in the process of being... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: May 8, 2007 7:51 AM
- JavaFX takes center stage at JavaOne (updated)
- Sun is set to shake up the world of software development with the unveiling of JavaFX, a new product family that will cover a complete spectrum of development from the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: May 8, 2007 6:19 AM
8 Comments - Your turn: Ask Bob Brewin
- ZDNet will be interviewing Sun CTO of Software Bob Brewin tomorrow about all the announcements coming out of JavaOne this week. The readers of this blog are invited to submit... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: May 8, 2007 5:38 AM
- Sun delivers Open Source Java and governance board
- Sun Microsystems Inc. has announced the long awaited release of a fully buildable open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK) for Java SE under GPLv2. They're also creating an interim governance board... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: May 8, 2007 5:18 AM
2 Comments - Project Indiana: Could Sun outshine Microsoft's Silverlight?
- At its JavaOne conference, which kicks off in San Francisco on May 8, Sun is promising a major technology unveiling, code-named "Project Indiana." It sounds like at least part of... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: May 7, 2007 11:06 AM
- Sun wows Java crowd with NetBeans 6.0 preview
- Hundreds of attendees for Sun's fourth annual NetBeans Day in San Francisco will get a glimpse of the future of NetBeans today as Sun shows off the latest preview release... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: May 7, 2007 10:32 AM
2 Comments - Sun preparing answer to Flash, Silverlight?
- The details are a closely guarded secret until JavaOne opens next Tuesday. But all indications point to some kind of response from Sun to Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. Here... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: May 4, 2007 2:14 PM
14 Comments - SuSE and Novell: Personality friction or culture war?
- The departure of two high-level SuSE contributors from Novell begs the question of whether this latest twist in the Novellization of SuSE is yet another personality clash, or an outright... [Read the rest]
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