Archive for the 'Java' Category

Netbeans Adding GPLv2 License?

Friday, August 17th, 2007

I just read on David Coldrick’s blog that Sun is proposing to dual license Netbeans under both the CDDL and GPLv2 licenses.   He links to this FAQ page on the the Netbeans site.  This is great news for Linux users, such as myself, as this will give distributors the ability to package Netbeans in their […]

.Net Leaving Java in the Dust???

Friday, July 28th, 2006

[.NET vs Java]
There is a rather interesting(*) article(**) on eWeek about .Net beating Java and leaving it in the dust. According to Bob Muglia, Microsoft’s senior vice president of Server and Tools business, they are claiming to have 60% of the market. Where they are getting these figures is anyones guess. […]