Now the World’s Largest Purveyor of Open Source Software
With its acquisition of Sun, Oracle is now the world’s largest purveyor of open source software. However, as Ken Hess notes on the DaniWeb Forum Index, Oracle’s support didn’t start with its purchase of InnoDB, MySQL or Sun. The company has a history of supporting free and open source software and has done much for the FOSS community.
New Supported Platforms, Components, Enhancements, and Add-on Packs Now Available
GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) 2.2 now supports some of the latest platforms, like NetBeans IDE 6.7.1 and GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1.1, plus it incorporates ten new GlassFish ESB components and multiple enhancements. GlassFish ESB is a lightweight and agile ESB platform that packages the Project Open ESB, the GlassFish application server, and the NetBeans IDE into a commercially supported, enterprise-class integration platform.
Includes IM Client, RSS Reader, To-do, VNC Viewer, IRC, Virtualization Software, and More
Ben Rockwood definitely uses a “real UNIX workstation” for his daily work needs; however, he does love his MacBook Pro for a few reasons, one of which is that OS X has UNIX underneath. Believing that there are others who too love Mac OS X, Rockwood lists what he identifies as his “must have apps” for his Mac laptop.
Specifics on Features & Benefits, Supported Platforms & OSes, System Requirements 
To help developers get the most out of Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3, the NetBeans IDE 6.8 is the first IDE to provide complete support for the Java EE 6 specification, including support for JSF 2.0 (Facelets), EJB 3.1, and GlassFish v3. This latest version of the integrated development environment also upgrades its support of dynamic languages with PHP 5.3 support and support for the Symfony framework, along with new improvements and features in several other areas.
Including Java EE 6 and GlassFish Enterprise Server v3
NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 6.8 just released not only expands PHP support, tightens integration with Project Kenai, improves C/C++ profiling and interoperates better with JavaFX, it also provides complete support for the newly released Java Platform Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6) and Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3.
Showing the Ropes to the Space Guys 
An article in Javalobby reports on the adoption by NASA of the NetBeans Platform. Geertijan Wielenga writes about the experiences of Sun Senior Staff Engineer Tim Boudreau in training NASA staffers on the use of the NetBeans platform.
Information on GlassFish, OpenOffice.org, NetBeans, VirtualBox Revealed 
Sun GlassFish, OpenOffice.org, NetBeans and VirtualBox are a few of the Sun-related technologies whose futures’ Oracle recently addressed in an update on its frequently asked questions page regarding the proposed merger of the two companies. Oracle’s new statements on the above mentioned projects and others are summarized.
Five-part Article Series
This five-part series by Mrudul Uchil, Kamna Jain and Rick Palkovic considers the virtue of using a standardized interface language in enterprise architecture in order to liberate the application that publishes a service from having to know anything at all about the calling application. The result of this practice makes service-oriented architecture (SOA) especially useful for both enterprise and inter-enterprise architectures, the authors contend in their introduction to the series.
Developer Explains Choice of the Open Source Platform
The financial management system of the state Tocantins in Brazil is based on the NetBeans platform. Recently, Geertjan Wielenga interviewed developer Paulo Canedo who worked on the application and shares information about its purpose, features, and the benefits derived from the NetBeans platform.
JavaJeff’ Friesen Shares His Views and Goals
Author of “Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional” among other books, Jeff Friesen (known as JavaJeff to his fans), had a conversation with Reviews Interactive during which he shared his views of JavaFX and details of his work developing JavaFX software on the Windows XP SP3 platform.
