This afternoon, the Java FX 2.0 release was made available in public beta format, signifying another big step in Oracle's plan to make JavaFX a premier rich...
0 replies - 27851 views - 05/26/11 by Jim Moscater in Daily Dose
2010 was a year of exodus for many Sun employees who disliked the new corporate philosophy under Oracle. The blogger Pelegri has compiled a list of companies...
0 replies - 21881 views - 01/04/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Yet another great developer has left Oracle this week. Bryan Cantrill, the co-inventor of DTrace, gave a heartfelt farewell to the company he joined in...
2 replies - 14487 views - 07/26/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
After Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's scathing comments criticizing the (mis)management of Sun Microsystems, former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz had only one thing to...
1 replies - 14174 views - 05/17/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Johnathan Schwartz, the former CEO of Sun recently said what he couldn't say about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates when he was with the company. "I feel for...
0 replies - 16664 views - 03/11/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Simon Phipps' Last Day at Sun Just a few months short of his 10th anniversary, Simon Phipps is retiring from Oracle (formerly Sun) according to his blog. ...
0 replies - 16873 views - 03/10/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Hibernate 3.5 CR1 JPA 2 Compliant The JBoss blog just announced the release of Hibernate 3.5.0 CR 1 (that's "Candidate Release," which is basically...
0 replies - 21534 views - 02/15/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Oracle Lights the JavaOne BeaconYou know it's official when the call for papers is heard. Oracle just announced JavaOne's call for papers and presenters have...
0 replies - 16451 views - 02/12/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Sun Loses a Poet
For his last day on the job, former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz wrote his
final farewell in a haiku on
twitter: "Today's my
last...
2 replies - 16724 views - 02/05/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Facebook Open Sources PHP Innovations The early reports about Facebook's PHP rewrite project were vindicated when "HipHop" was introduced on the...
0 replies - 16777 views - 02/03/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
The Next Yummy Version of Android is… Erick Tseng, the Senior Project Manager for Android, recently told Engagdet what the tasty confection codename for...
0 replies - 16475 views - 01/19/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Oracle to Cut 50% of Sun Workforce? Sun Says NoLast week, USB analyst Brent Thill predicted that Oracle would cut some 13,800 jobs at Sun if the merger is...
4 replies - 15402 views - 01/18/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Ellison Plans to Dispense Cloud Computing BeatdownNow that Oracle expects the EU to approve its acquisition of Sun, CEO Larry Ellison revealed his plans to...
0 replies - 13849 views - 12/19/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Sun Microsystems' stock value shot up today after months of decline. The reason behind the 10% jump was a statement of commitments recently posted by...
0 replies - 14364 views - 12/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Neelie Kroes, the EU antagonist to Oracle's takeover of Sun, is stepping down as the Commission on Competition chair. There's no word on whether the decision...
2 replies - 13014 views - 12/02/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
