New body to govern OpenSPARC
Sun Microsystems has announced an independent governing board to set the direction for its OpenSPARC hardware initiative that forms part of its open source programme.
DevX says the new OpenSPARC governance board is expected to solicit input from the OpenSPARC community for help in setting its agenda. Sun officially made the design of its UltraSPARC T1 processor open source in March.
The announcement also included the release of a new GNU/Linux distribution, Gentoo Linux, which now supports UltraSPARC T1. In May, Ubuntu Linux was the first third-party to announce a port of the GNU/Linux OS to OpenSPARC.
Netweaver achieves Java 5 compatibility
SAP has announced SAP Netweaver has achieved Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 compatibility.
Irish Dev says the achievement will enable SAP customers and partners to reduce the time to market with enterprise service-orientated architecture based applications and reduce overall total cost of ownership.
The report says a preview of SAP`s Java EE 5 implementation is available for download on the SAP Developer Network.
Java enables VOIP for dual phones
iSkoot has unveiled a Java software download designed to give users of dual mode cellphones a route to VOIP services such as Skype and GoogleTalk, reports Information Week.
The report says the 100KB piece of software is a Java-based thin client application that operates with a network server. Users can download the software from the iSkoot site, but need a phone that supports both WiFi networks and GSM/CDMA networks.
iSkoot says the application`s client server architecture enables VOIP to work over WiFi and on a broad number of devices using existing networks. The company says the solution will also connect with AIM, Microsoft Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger among others.
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