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Friday, July 2, 2004

Dateline: China

 

I'd like to report on what happened at JavaOne, but there are two problems:  First, I was in China, not at J1.  Second, there are a flood of reports in the press.  To get a recap, the best bet is to visit one of my favorite XML "news" feeds:  "TheServerSide.com: Your Enterprise Java Community".  However, I will highlight several newsworthy items:

• Project Looking Glass -- kind of a 3D windows interface (but doesn't run under Windows (capital "W"); shown a year ago, but seems to be ready for prime time.
• J2SE Version 5 (J2SE 5) -- yes, their numbering scheme has changed; Sun is trying to make client-side Java a ... ah, possibility. 
• Java for your BMW -- true!!  The ultimate geek toy!!  "Hey, baby, want to ride in my Java-powered B'mer?"  I can see it now ...
• Java-enabled phones (350 million) and Java-enabled smart cards (600 million) -- hmmm ... I don't have either (I feel like a Luddite!).
• Project Kitty Hawk -- "includes professional services for designing an SOA" (service-oriented architecture); sounds enticing.
• NetBeans 4.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE ) -- Sun's "big" J2EE-related news, and ...
• ... more mobile stuff (see http://tinyurl.com/2jexc ).

Tidbit:  There are four million Java developers, up one million over the past year.  Not sure if I believe this, but the trend sounds good.

 

In addition to TheServerSide.com, see http://tinyurl.com/2oegn , http://tinyurl.com/2v95w for further background info.

 

Bottom line:  Yes, I am touting Java.

 

Cheers,

 

David Scott Lewis

President & Principal Analyst

IT E-Strategies, Inc.

Menlo Park, CA & Qingdao, China