Java in the News: Sun's JavaOne Day One - First-Hand Report @ LINUX.SYS-CON.COM

With demo after demo designed to dispel the notion that Java is not performant and a host of announcements concerning everything from the open-sourcing of Java 3D to the new versioning system for the Java platform, Sun's top executives opened the 9th annual JavaOne yesterday with all guns blazing. Here JDJ editorial board member Bill Roth takes a close-up and personal look at what was said at the opening General Session.

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