Shownotes for Episode 41 - Newscast for March 17th 2006

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Main Items

• Matisse GroupLayout has been integrated into Mustang at b76!

• http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t66080.html

• Java Data Objects 2.0 (JSR 243) has passed its Final Approval Ballot

• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=39450

• The NetBeans project has released a new module project: Jackpot

• http://today.java.net/pub/n/4119

• Rob Sanheim blogs his Top 5 Worst APIs in Java

• http://www.robsanheim.com/2006/03/13/top-five-worst-apis-in-java/

• Ian Skerret, the marketing directory of Eclipse posted a blog entry stating that according to a SD Times survey, Eclipse usage has grown

• http://ianskerrett.blogspot.com/2006/03/

eclipse-gains-market-share-in-2005.html

• Roman Strobl, now an evangelist at NetBeans.org, countered with other data showing huge growth
• http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/roumen?

entry=netbeans_growth_questioned

• Brian Goetz has published an article entitled "The pseudo-typedef antipattern: Extension is not type definition"

• http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp02216.html

• Chet Haase has published an article on the new Timing Framework, a java.net project

• http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2006/03/16/time-again.html

• Retrotranslator 1.0.0 has been posted

• http://retrotranslator.sourceforge.net/

Quick Mentions

• Java's Apache Tomcat Hits Sweet Sixteen
  • http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/195970.htm

• IBM Developerworks is now running Roller

  • http://rollerweblogger.org/page/roller?

  entry=ibm_developerworks_blogging_with_roller * New IntelliJ? group blog launched + http://blogs.jetbrains.com/idea/

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• Theme Music:

• Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr
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• Closing - Garageband track

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