Dick Spellman: Head in the Clouds

Well there was lots of information covered by David Douglas (Sun EVP of Cloud Computing Group) and Lew Tucker (CTO, Cloud Computing Group) at the CommunityOne East even on March 18th.  This blog is a bit late, but I have been pretty busy and didn't get around to posting about it until now.  You can check out the videos of the event here.

We have recently completed the 4.2 release of Project Woodstock.  This blog is coming a little late.  We completed 4.2 and announced it when simultaneous to the release of NetBeans 6.1 just before JavaOne.

As with NetBeans 6.1, Woodstock 4.2 was primarily a quality and performance release.  We fixed a lot of bugs and improved our average page download performance by nearly 40%!

So
we are off on to the 4.3 release and are looking for additional
feedback on our list of new features and components.  Check out the Roadmap and send feedback to dev@woodstock.dev.java.net.

You can now download and deploy the Project Woodstock Example application via the Glassfish Update Center.  With the latest version of Glassfish, V2 ur1, you will find the "Project Woodstock Example Application" in the "Web Technologies" section of the Available Software page.  Just startup the Glassfish Update Center from ("glassfish_install_dir"/updatecenter/bin) and you will see it listed.  Just check the box (as shown below) and click on Install.

 After you click through and accept the license, the download and deploy will begin.  It doesn't take long.  If Glassfish is already started, then the application will be autodeployed and appear in the Web Applications list.

You can now launch the application and see what Project Woodstock is all about.  The home page is very much like our project home page on java.net.  You can view all the examples deployed on your Glassfish server via the Preview link.

Some fun for after the holidays.  Enjoy!
 

I thought about Phil a number of times today.  I was in downtown Boston for Sun Tech Days and was slightly nervous at being near the Pru.  

 I worked for Phil for over 6 years.  The longest I have worked for anyone here at Sun.  I owe him much in my developement as a manager and a teammate.  I met him before he was married and remember baby showers we had for their children.  I think of them and of Lauren now and pray their pain has eased.

God bless you Phil.
 

I will be attending the SunTech Days in Boston the next two days, Sept 11th and Sept 12th.  It looks like a great agenda.  In particular I plan to hit the NetBeans Day sessions.