Mac OS X on Intel Processors by 2006
Posted by Sébastien Stormacq in Mac OS X on 06/06/2005
I wrote about the speculation a few hours ago. It is now confirmed : Apple will ship intel-based machines by 2006 and will revamp it’s whole product line by 2007. I wonder how the industry will react and what will be the short term impact on Apple sales.
Apple, Sun, Mac OS X and Solaris
Posted by Sébastien Stormacq in Mac OS X on 06/06/2005
Although I did not blog yet on the subject, I have to admit : I am a Mac user and fan. I switched from Linux to Mac OS X 4 years ago, looking for an UNIX-rock solid OS allowing to enjoy also all home-computing activites : photo, movies, music, internet in an easy way. Mac OS X provides the best of both worlds : the rock solid unix foundation allied with the Aqua user interface and perfect integration with devices like camera, printer, scanner etc …
Since a couple of days, rumors are refering to a possible switch from Apple : they might use Intel processors in their future machines.
Today, our president & COO even proposed to go one step further : why not build Mac OS X on top of Solaris ?
With our without Sun, is this rumor a new marketing buzz ? is it reality ? Let’s wait for Steve Jobs keynote tonight at the WWDC.
A new look for Sun
Posted by Sébastien Stormacq in General on 01/06/2005
Today, Sun started a major rebranding campaign. The new theme is articulated around a “s-shaped” design. “S” stands for sharing. Sharing is Sun’s philosophy since day one Sun’s objective is to increase brand recognition and highlight the company’s products and services. The S curve campaign produced some really nice ads collected in this gallery.
Yet Another blog entry about JSF vs Struts
Posted by Sébastien Stormacq in Java on 31/05/2005
I know the subject has been discussed over and over again, but not everybody got the message (yet) and, I must admin, this is very common question I have when facing Java web developers : do I need to migrate of Struts to JSF ? How to make the two frameworks cohabit ? The best is to take the message directly from the source. My collegue Craig answers these questions in a chat with TSS.
Open standard for document format
Posted by Sébastien Stormacq in General on 31/05/2005
This announcement almost went unnoticed : since last week the Oasis consortium finalized the specification of the Open Document Format for Office Applications, aka OpenDocument
Office Applications like Microsoft Office, Open Office (and its commercial derivative StarOffice), iWork, KOffice will now have a common open standard as file format.
The Oasis-approved OpenDocument file format is a derivative of the OpenOffice 1.0 XML and ZIP based file format and is already available in pre-release versions of Open Office 2.0 and Star Office 8.0
Now it will be interesting to watch what the industry leader will propose in the next versions of its Office suite.
New Java License
Posted by Sébastien Stormacq in Java on 29/05/2005
Sun announced a couple of days ago a new license for the Java Development Kit : the Java Internal Use License, aka JIUL, to be pronounced “JEWEL”.
This license will authorize organizations to modify the JDK as long as the changes are kept for internal use only. The definition of “Internal Use” is part of JIUL FAQ JDK 5.0 Update 3 is the first technology to be available under the JIUL. The source code of the Java Standard Edition platform, release 5 (aka “Tiger“) and release 6 (aka “Mustang“) where previously available under the terms of the Java Research License only.Netbeans 4.1 Launch event @ Luxembourg and Brussels
Posted by Sébastien Stormacq in Java on 26/05/2005
Netbeans 4.1 rocks ! It’s time to forget the old Netbeans 3.x series and discover this brand new 4.1 release. Netbeans development team has listen to user feedback and dramatically improved usability with a new windowing system, a new ant-based project system, support for J2SE 5.0 and J2EE 1.4 (EJB, Servlets/JSP and Web Services) Sun Microsystems Belgium and Luxembourg organized a special Netbeans day, an unique occasion for developer to discover this new version.