In this installment of the Open source Java projects series I introduce Storm. We’ll start with an overview of Storm’s architecture and use case scenarios.

Evolution of the JDBC API, however, is driven by the open and collaborative JCP and Java Specification Requests. So while Oracle oversees the API development, progress is largely driven by the user ...

Native API driver: Provides an interface from Java to the native database client. Middleware driver: A universal interface (“middleware”) between Java and the RDBMS’s vendor-specific protocol.

Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided to make its Java software available on an open-source basis, part of the company's effort to keep current with a technology trend that has changed how programs ...

Creating an open-source version of its Java software suite could help Sun better compete with providers of proprietary and open-source Java application servers, according to analysts.

In an unexpected move, vendor decides to license open source Java under the GPL. First batch of source codes are also released. Written by Eileen Yu, Senior Contributing Editor on Nov. 12, 2006 ...