This year could bring relief for mainframe organizations struggling to justify the cost of running native COBOL or Assembly applications in the IBM z/OS.
The early draft of Sun's JSR 270 specification, which governs the content of the Java SE 6 Mustang release, is now available, says Sun's chief Java2 engineer, Mark Reinhold in a recent blog post (http://weblogs.java.net/blog/mreinhold).
The Apache Software Foundation has released Apache Geronimo 1.0, its Java app server.
ClearNova is releasing ThinkCAP JX, a visual dev environment for building rich Internet apps with AJAX, as open source.
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SANDev has released the first production version of SANDev 1.0.0.
Project mangers at Eclipse went live with the Web Tools Platform Project last week.
Sun Microsystems announced NetBeans Profiler Milestone 11, the latest release of its Java app profiler, and an add-on to the upcoming open-source NetBeans IDE release 5.
Apache Maven 2.0 and Continuum 1.0, the fastest-growing build system for Java-based projects, are now generally available, according to the Apache Software Foundation.
LiveTime Software, a provider of service management software built on Java 2 Enterprise Edition, has announced the general availability of the LiveTime Appliance.
Sun said on Tuesday that it has launched the NetBeans WorldTour, an initiative for distributing and sharing the NetBeans software worldwide.
Red Hat said on Tuesday that it has launched a new service to provide certification and production support for open-source software stacks.
JBoss said on Monday that it has acquired distributed transaction monitor and Web services technologies owned by Arjuna Technologies and HP and will open source them for the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS).
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NetManage announced on Tuesday it has become a JBoss Certified Solutions Partner. NetManage will offer Librados pure Java JCA Plus Adapters to enterprises building and deploying solutions on the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite.
Earlier this month, Sun released the Sun Studio 11 development suite at no cost to developers.
LiveTime Software, a provider of Java 2 Enterprise Edition-based service management software, has announced the general availability of the LiveTime Appliance, which the company claims is the industry's first service management appliance.
JetBrains says it has released JetBrains TMate 2.0, a combination Web app and plug-in for the company's Java IDE. That product, IntelliJ IDEA, provides advanced repository management capabilities for users of CVS or Subversion version control systems from a Web browser or from within IntelliJ IDEA. New in JetBrains TMate 2.0 are Subversion features including Local Changesets and Pending Updates.