December 30th, 2008 | by akoelewijn | published in java, open standards, oss
Sending and receiving messages to and from google talk accounts is actually very easy. Google uses the xmpp (jabber) protocol. The Smack library enables you to use the xmpp protocol in java. I was actually trying to use xmpp in apache camel, but couldn’t get it working with google accounts, just with other accounts, so [...]
December 28th, 2008 | by akoelewijn | published in oss
Good chance that the winner of the “I’m Linux” video contest will create his entry on a Windows or Mac computer. I use Linux a lot, but i bought an iMac for editing HD video. The state of video editing on Linux is really, really sad. I tried a couple of programs, nothing really worked [...]
December 15th, 2008 | by akoelewijn | published in open standards, soa
I think the most important feature of the web is the fact that it’s based on open standards, so everybody can participate. It brings the whole world together. But another and just as important feature of the web is that all the information is out in the open, and linked together using hyperlinks. This enables [...]
December 11th, 2008 | by akoelewijn | published in java, oss, soa
Another good day at devoxx, more surprises: keynotes don’t have to be boring marketing talks. The day started with 2 good keynotes by sun. The first by Joshua Bloch, containing lots of code and good tips from his book: Effective Java. The next keynote presented the plans to modularize Java starting with Java 7. You [...]
December 2nd, 2008 | by akoelewijn | published in oss
Businessweek just published an article called Open Source: The Model is Broken, which contains some statements about open source which not everybody understands. From the article: So open-source companies that rely on support and service alone are not long for this world…. Open source has simply become a means to an end—it lowers economies of [...]
