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Congratulations to all the hard working people at Sun, and those outside who contributed (I'm one of them).

I tend to get +5 for these kind of posts, so this time I'll post anonymously to prevent karma wh:

As usual, InfoQ has a nice writeup with good links.
Sun has a confusing number of portal sites for news and communities, but the two most lively ones are probably java.net and Planet JDK.

Remember that Java 6 is not GPL, the decision to go GPL came too late in the development phase, only JDK7 is GPL. But you can get JDK6 and JDK7 is under the Research Licence from Subversion, a good blog with info about how and where is here.

A new DriverManager and a new db connection for every request? Welcome to 1998.

Even though they return 1000 rows, 50 requests per minute is pretty poor. Voca processes 80 million bank payment per day using Spring.

The Brazilian National Healthcare System has been called the largest Enterprise Java application ever built, with over 2M lines of code, and a domain model of 350 classes. The application models all of the domain concepts one could imagine in a country-wide health care system and is bringing a level of automation that is creating enormous value for the public healthcare system as well as for the people of Brazil. This case study, the only one of it's kind, takes a detailed look at the architecture, interesting solutions, lessons learned, and future directions for the project.

More interesting than this, IMHO, is to note that for Java they choose to use the "GNU GPL v2 only" (plus Classpath exception) license, not the more common "GPL v2 or any later version".

This is what the Java FAQ says about it:

Q: What about GPL v3? Have you considered using that license?
A: While Sun has been working with the Free Software Foundation as an active participant in the development and review of the GPL v3 license, this license is not yet complete. It is Sun's strong desire to complete the open sourcing of its Java technology implementations in a timely manner, so we made the decision to use an existing, established license paradigm rather than wait for GPL v3 to be completed. Using GPL v2 does not indicate anything negative about GPL v3. Sun continues to be very actively and positively involved in this new license's development.

And, from this InfoQ article about the GPLed Java:

GPLv3 was not chosen since it is not finished yet, but when asked if Sun will move to GPLv3 an official said "at this point we don't know what the final license will be."

Some more articles I have found, with some substance to them:
InfoQ, also mentions Glassfish.
eWeek.

There is also going to be a official webcast about this by Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green 9.30 a.m. PT.

In related news, apparently Project Looking Glass, the 3d desktop, is likely to be included in the Ubuntu Feisty release.

If you're a Java developer, check out Groovy and Grails. It integrates much more tightly with existing Java code rather than redoing everything in Ruby.

See also this post: http://www.infoq.com/news/jruby-groovy-next

http://www.infoq.com/errorna.jsp?path=%3Ca%20href= %22test%22%3Esddsfsdf%3C/a%3E

Check your input :)

I personally wouldn't call myself a 'leader in the code community'. I think Rod Johnson, Don Box, and Gavin Kings are leaders in the code community. They are leading it in new directions. What I've basically been doing over the years is provide focal point for the community to track itself and stay informed, and make sure that important new directions led by others get the air time and discussion they deserve. If anything I am an influencer, maybe an educator. I think of myself as more as a public servant, not necessarily a leader. infoq.com is the latest vision for an online community covering the whole enterprise software space, providing one place to track change and innovation in those communities. I welcome everyone to visit. :) Floyd Marinescu

• http://www.infoq.com/presentations/JRuby
• http://www.infoq.com/presentations/AOP-Myths-and -Realities
• http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/JTDS (java transactions design strategies book)
• http://www.infoq.com/articles/spring-2-update
• http://www.infoq.com/articles/From-Java-to-Ruby- -Risk
• http://www.infoq.com/articles/grails-ejb-tutoria l
• http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/vsnettt (visual studio.net book)
• http://www.infoq.com/articles/Simplifying-Enterp rise-Apps (article about AspectJ in the enterprise)

InfoQ.com just launched a few weeks ago, it's a new site whose purpose is 'tracking change and innovation in enterprise software deveopment'. They are covering Ruby, Java, .NET, Agile, and SOA.Its organizers include Scott Ambler, Floyd Marinescu, Obie Fernandez, Alexandru Popescu and other big names from the various different communities.

The site is one of the only communities serving Ruby with regular books, articles and such, and I (the former creator of TheServerSide.com) am writing about Java on it, on a regular basis, so it's probably one of the most detailed ways to track innovation in Java. Best of all, it's got some personalization capabilities that let you turn off topics you don't want and those even reflect in your RSS feed.

Floyd