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Java IDE Technical Preview

A not-so-Anonymous Coward writes: "During a Sun developer 'chalk talk' Thursday, Joe Keller, Sun vice president of Java Web services, said the company will release a preview of the tool, known as Project Rave, that the Santa Clara, Calif., company introduced at its JavaOne conference in June. Sun has touted Project Rave as a rapid application development tool akin to Microsoft Corp.'s Visual Basic. In fact, Sun had its developers study Visual Basic to a great extent while building the tool, Sun sources said. Sounds like .NET is going to get a run for it's money."

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  1. Re:java is dead by Gaijin42 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why would .Net apps have to wait for longhorn. My company is doing everything in .Net just fine on XP with no issues.

    GUI apps, and ASP.net

  2. Re:Project Rave?!? by BoomerSooner · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And the subsequent brain damage that occurs will certainly affect their future ability to be productive members of society. Hopefully, they'll lay off the drugs before they end up living in a van down by the river.