Java Cell phones to drive demand for Sun servers? Who can explain this to me?
Aug 30, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Jonathan Schwartz says in SD-Asia: “…consumer cell phones on the Java software platform will drive demand for Sun servers…”. “The marketplace is going to be defined by the consuming public as much as by the traditional IT decision-maker”. Can anybody explain to me how does Sun think this is happening? How end-consumers can drive [...]
Tags: enterprise, java
Beutiful photographs of MareNostrum, Europe’s #1 Supercomputer
Aug 28, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Marenostrum is installed inside Barcelona Supercomputing Center. The building used to be an old church! The pictures here.
Tags: architecture, fun
Java SOA increases and .NET declines, survey says
Aug 27, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Evans data on his semi-annual Web Services Development Survey conducted in June says that companies planning the deployment of SOA with a Java platform has increased slightly, but the companies deploying on .NET have declined by almost 20%. .NET is still ahead with a 31% and Java in second place with 28%. 25% will [...]
Tags: .net, enterprise, java, soa
What is slow? JRuby or Mingle?
Aug 27, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I have been testing Mingle, the new tool from Thoughtworks to manage Agile developments. The application really looks promising, and have a lot of new features that I’m discovering, but it’s taking me more time than I expected because it’s slow, very slow. The guys from Thoughtworks claim they have built the first JRuby [...]
Tags: java, management, ruby
Birthmarking: How to detect and prove GPL violations in Java propietary code
Aug 26, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I have just read the news in Slashdot (Yes, I still read Slashdot) and I found this very interesting article about a new technique to detect GPL violations in proprietary obfuscated code. The technique is called Birthmarking and basically it ‘observes short sequences of method calls received by individual objects from the Java Platform [...]
Tags: architecture, hackers, java
Sun Changes NASDAQ symbol to JAVA
Aug 23, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Surprise, Surprise! You can read in Jonathan Schwartz’s Weblog that they will change the NASDAQ symbol of SUN Microsystems SUNW to JAVA!!!!The arguments are: ‘… the number of people who know Java swamps the number of people who know Sun…SUNW represents the past, and its not without a nostalgic nod that we’ve decided to [...]
Tags: enterprise, java, markets
Bad times for J2ME. How the iPhone with Web 2.0 apps can rule in the mobile world
Aug 22, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet The day Steve Jobs said ‘Java’s not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain’ . Being a Java Zealot as I am, I should find easily a fist full of arguments, but may be he is right. I have been working in the embedded and mobile world [...]
Tags: architecture, designs, embedded, enterprise, iphone, java, mobile
VMWare challenges Google for developers
Aug 22, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Since the successful IPO of VMWare, it seems everybody is talking about them. Today we can read in Bloomberg that they are competing with Google for the best programmers. VMWare is paying $120.000-$130.000 plus stock ops to talented developers. Compared to the spanish salaries that’s really a huge amount of money. They have right [...]
Tags: enterprise, google, vmware
The markets lose the faith in Skype
Aug 20, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet The Skype affair finally was over, but the price has been huge. While the markets are recovering from the drops of last week, eBay does not follow the trends of the markets. The image and reputation of Skype are now below zero. Just keep in mind that Skype is the one of the biggest [...]
Tags: enterprise, markets
Sometimes to interview developers can be funny
Aug 19, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I have interviewed a lot of developers, junior and senior staff and it has become like a routine. Technical workers are nice people, rude candidates are rare. Usually their (our) self-esteem make them (us) feel they need to show they (we) are over prepared for the job. The curriculum vitae are bloated with lots [...]
Tags: enterprise, fun, management
