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Tuesday April 29, 2008

Links for 29th April 2008

A couple Sun related ones.

World's First Open Storage Platform
Now you can apply the same reasoning for choosing open source over a proprietary solution, when you need storage. Incorporates ZFS and Sun Fire X4500 storage servers.
- Reduce storage costs by 90%
- Freedom from vendor lock-in
- Open Storage Community support
NetBeans IDE 6.1 Now Available
Specific release highlights include:
- Advanced JavaScript™ Editing Support
  - Semantic Highlighting
  - Code Completion and Type Analysis
  - Quick Fixes and Semantic Checks
  - - Refactoring
- Improved Performance
  - Up to 40% faster startup
  - Smarter parsing for faster code completion
  - Less memory consumption
- Built-in Spring Framework Support
- Integrated Support for RESTful Web Services
- New MySQL™ Support in Database Explorer
- Significant Ruby / JRuby Support Enhancements
- Java Beans Support (back by popular demand)
- JSF CRUD Generator (back by popular demand)
- Javadoc Code Completion
- Sharing Projects (AKA Sharable Libraries)
- New Update Center Modules for ClearCase, AXIS, Hibernate, and SOAP UI