Sun Java Wireless Client, Oracle’s Java implementation for mobile handsets, is now pre-integrated with Brew MP. “Oracle’s Sun Java Wireless Client’s pre-integration onto Brew MP gives Java developers access to an even larger universe of mass-market mobile devices,” said Jeet Kaul, vice president, Java Engineering, Oracle.
Oracle announced in its recent webcast that JavaOne would continue to exist as an independent event although the dates would now be around Oracle OpenWorld time. JavaOne 2010 will be held in San Francisco on September 19-23. JavaOne 2010 call for papers is open till March 14, 2010.
It was earlier reported that Oracle would be killing Sun’s Project Kenai. However the Kenai closure is now being projected as more of a migration to java.net. So all projects on Kenai will survive just that they would now be on Java.net
Today’s Oracle – Sun webcast covered Oracle’s plans for Java & other Sun technologies post acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle. While the twitter hashtag #oraclesun is a good place to find info & opinions on Oracle + Sun, there’s also a lot of not so useful stuff there.
Bloomberg reported that San Francisco-based analyst Brent Thill has predicted that Oracle is likely to cut half the jobs at Sun. This was widely reported across all tech publications, causing quite a flutter . However Sun today in an internal memo has got back saying -
Java Enterprise Edition (JavaEE) 6 has been approved by the official Java standards body.


