EBay will eventuell den VoIP-Anbieter Skype übernehmen, berichtet das Wall Street Journal. Gespräche bezüglich einer Übernahme seien angeblich derzeit am Laufen. Der Kaufpreis für Skype soll zwischen 2 und 3 Milliarden US-Dollar liegen. Für eBay wäre dies allerdings mit einem deutlichen Strategiewechsel verbunden.
Für eBay ist die VoIP-Branche doch komplettes Neuland, oder irre ich mich da? Naja mal abwarten, vielleicht ist ja auch gar nichts dran...
Just as design patterns provide a way to communicate concisely about desired software practices, antipatterns provide the equivalent advantages for communicating undesirable practices—and here's a set of common antipatterns to get you started.
rating comment: The article is okay, but sketchy and not very detailed. I would have liked to read a more profound article, maybe with less antipatterns, but a more detaileddescription . Nevertheless it's an article worth reading, since it gives you a good idea of what antipatterns are and where to look for them. By the way, after reading this article I have the feeling that Java EE is a great template for antipatterns and a place you definitely should check out when looking for them.
JDBC 4 is the forthcoming release of the Java Database Connectivity API. Currently in Early Draft Review in the JCP (JSR 221), JDBC 4 is a major new release with a strong focus on ease-of-use and programmer productivity. The new JDBC version also introduces support for SQL 2003 data types, including SQL's native XML type. This article surveys the key JDBC 4 features.
rating comment: Great article, giving a good overview of some new features of JBDC 4. I really like the type-safe queries, cause sometimes a fully blown O/R mapping framework is just too much. If you only need a couple of statements, the type-safe queries are a nice alternative.
I've just finished reading "Java Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases" by Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter (Addison Wesley, 2005). This is a collection of small, often simple examples that produce (usually) surprising results, along with an appendix of guidelines produced by examining the puzzles. Both authors were part of the core Java development team at Sun, right up until the release of J2SE5, when both of them left for Google.
One of the most interesting aspects of the book is what these two, who are about as close to the center of the Java universe as you can get, quietly said at the end of some of the puzzle solutions, in their "lessons for language designers." Which is to say, "if you are designing your own language, here's something you should do instead of what Java did." Which is to say "where Java didn't get it right," in the gentlest possible terms.
I really like this weblog, cause it points out very interesting thoughts, which I mostly agree on. He says: Java has obviously moved the programming world forward, but I think its major wart has been the inability of the adherents to look at Java objectively. I totally agree on that, especially when it comes to the Java vs. .NET war! He also mentions the Java community, which he thinks tends to stifle problems and questions, when it comes to Java's design. I only agree on that partially, cause I think Java developers are quite honest when it comes to the design (and the flaws that comes with it) of their software. Well anyways, I'm thinking of getting the book, cause it sounds quite interesting.
I found a screenshot of NetBeans on Windows Vista, which looks awesome! I really like the look & feel! I find it really hard to believe, that no code changes were necessary to get the nice Vista look.
The Java™ BluePrints Solutions Catalog is a new project from the Java BluePrints program. It consists of a set of guidelines and best practices and small applications to illustrate these guidelines on the J2EE 1.4 platform.
There is a lite version, which you can view online, and there is a full version, which you can download from project web site. I've only browsed the lite version so far and I like the best practises on web services. I think it's a good resource, when you start developing a new EE application, at least for me as a EE novice.
Since I still receive inquiries about Star Office 8 Beta, I uploaded it to my web space. It's about 170 mb, which you can download from my download site.
I've been testing the beta for about half a year now and it's very buggy! I suggest only to use it in testing environment, and not in production! I used it to write a report about my internship, which was a big mistake! I found so many bugs, that I regret not using Microsoft's Word!
