Jan's Sun blog Janice J. Heiss

Alan Williamson, the UK's first Java Champion, discusses the challenges of and misconceptions about cloud computing.[Read More]

I had the pleasure of conducting a two-part interview with Sun software engineering manager Masood Mortazavi on java.sun.com. I found him to be quite a wonderful and interesting person.

In Part One published in December 2008, Masood reflected on the meaning of technology, the pitfalls of virtual reality, the nature of open-source movements, and more.  And in the second interview, published March 2009, focuses the strengths of Java DB, the importance of project management models, and more.

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Sun GlassFish engineer Sahoo provides an update on GlassFish, discusses the Java EE portability checking tool he's writing, and offers insight into the benefits of working in an open-source community.[Read More]