links for 2006-05-13
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"The EC is serious about its long term ambition to end up with one single interoperable standard, and it should not be delayed by Microsoft's moves" -- Editorial
Free iPods at JavaOne
Hey, now this is cool. Seems the Solaris folks are so confident that their staff geeks can improve the performance of your Java application that they will give you an iPod if they can't. Minimum 2,000 lines of code, must be a 'real' application (not something written just to win an iPod!), a few other rules but basically it's a straighforward beat-the-expert challenge on the show floor. More on their website.





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