This keynote address was delivered by Dr. Anand Deshpande at the 3rd IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology. Dr. Deshpande points out how Java developers often rely solely on the JVM and develop applications without an understanding of the context in which the application would run. In this session he touches on various technologies and developments that a Java developers needs to understand so as to develop Java programs best suited for a particular context.

While there are many rumours and a dozen different theories, there’s little actual information about the impact of this crisis on the business of software development. Analysts have provided some estimates about what the impact would be, however only insiders to the business can get a real understanding of what’s changed. This survey is an attempt to gauge sentiment of the insiders (the developers, architects and managers) to the software business and know what they think about the slowdown and its impact.

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Chief executive Steve Ballmer once famously called Linux and the open-source philosophy a “cancer.” Now it’s a fact of life in the software business.To be competitive, they have to adapt to the changing landscape.