Sun works on Da Vinci Machine

Sun Microsystems is working on technology to make it easier to run different languages on the Java Virtual Machine, called the Da Vinci Machine, says The New York Times.

The project is described by Sun as: "A multi-language renaissance for the Java Virtual Machine architecture."

The project features prototype JVM extensions to run non-Java languages efficiently, as well as architectural support.

Spring technology is an alternative to Enterprise JavaBeans for Java development, but an upcoming Java version will enable combinations of established Java platform technologies with Spring, reports InfoWorld.

Interviewed at the WebGuild Web 2.0 Conference and Expo, Rod Johnson, founder of the Spring Framework and CEO of SpringSource, anticipates accommodations with the enterprise Java platform once Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 is released.

This is expected to happen sometime in 2008, according to a Java Community Process Java Specification Request focused on Java EE 6.

Java DB is a lightweight database management system that is written completely in Java, says ZD Net India.

It needs 2MB of memory, and it makes it very easy to embed a fully functional database directly into an application.

Java DB is also standards-based, supports SQL and the JDBC API, and easily integrates with J2EE. Beginning with the release of Java 6, Sun started packaging Java DB in the JDK.