Sun announced at JavaOne that the development kit for its Java Platform Standard Edition platform will be available to developers on an open-source basis with GPLv2 licensing.
New product line includes a scripting language and solutions for the device application development market.
Oracle had three developer-related announcements at this week's JavaOne event.
Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products get patched today.
A free solution from Shavlik provides security diagnostics for small-to-medium enterprise networks that can't use Microsoft's latest patch technology or MBSA 2.0.1 tool.
Computer vendor to offer SuSE Linux Enterprise solution, along with Ubuntu Linux version.
This week's event for Java developers promises a beefed-up agenda and much more on open-source development.
A hybrid approach to software development, combining the best of open-source and proprietary methods, may be emerging, according to members of the Open Source Think Tank.
Gobicode Ltd. HTMLLabel 1.0 aims to extend Windows Forms development (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).
New $99/year program includes online forum for developers and end users.
New version will allow Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia browser plug-in to compile VB source code on the fly, blogger says.
Mainsoft's solution compiled .NET code into Java for an IBM WebSphere Portal migration.
Programmers can clean up code within a virtual machine (VM) directly from Visual Studio using latest VMware release (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).
The SANS Institute is set to launch new assessment and certification exams for .NET this summer (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).
How 'Orcas' new object/relational mapping technology works (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).
Recent Microsoft Office Business Applications RAP release helps guide development on 2007 Office System (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).
New WS-Federation group aims at improving how companies share data.
From Visual FoxPro to VB6, developers are coping with the demise of key programming languages (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).
New tools from IdentityMine facilitate development using Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation platform.
Company recognized for its governance solution, which helps manage enterprise applications in a service-oriented architecture.