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    Hashtag Jakarta EE #270

    Sunday, March 2, 2025 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number two hundred and seventy of Hashtag Jakarta EE! While the work is being wrapped up on the TCK for Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile, we the planning for Jakarta EE 12 is entering a new stage. Jared Anderson, in his capacity of the release lead for Jakarta...

    Boston Java Users 2025

    Friday, February 28, 2025 - 08:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Boston Java Users was the last stop of my mini-tour of US East Coast JUGs. Quite a crowd gathered at Oracle’s premises in Burlington for pizza and tech talks. The event started with a lightning talk about LLMs by Srijha Kalyan. She even did a demo of DeepSeek on her...

    Strengthening Open Source Security: Eclipse Foundation Selected by the Sovereign Tech Agency for a New Service Agreement

    Friday, February 28, 2025 - 02:15 by Mikaël Barbero
    We are pleased to announce that the Eclipse Foundation has been selected by the Sovereign Tech Agency for a new service agreement. Through this collaboration, the Sovereign Tech Fund—a program of the Sovereign Tech Agency—will invest in the development, improvement, and maintenance of open digital base technologies worldwide, driving significant...

    Connecticut JUG 2025

    Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 13:45 by Ivar Grimstad
    The second stop on my US East JUG Tour was Connecticut JUG. Ryan Cuprak has been the JUG-Leader of this group since 2003 and is still going strong. This was their second in-person meeting since the pandemic. The location of the event was at the beautiful campus of Trinity College...

    New York Java SIG 2025

    Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 15:49 by Ivar Grimstad
    Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting New York Java SIG as the first stop of my mini-tour of US North East Java User Groups. Around 20 members showed up for my presentation titled Jakarta EE Meets AI. It was my first time presenting at the New York Java User...

    The 3F's framework, Conviviality, and our relationship to dependencies

    Monday, February 24, 2025 - 05:05 by Boris Baldassari
    As usual, FOSDEM 2025 was associated with a bunch of fringe events happening before and after the crowded conference. Among them this year was the FOSS license and security compliance tools workshop, which discusses software composition analysis, supply chain, and dependencies, and I had the opportunity to listen to Michael...

    Hashtag Jakarta EE #269

    Sunday, February 23, 2025 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number two hundred and sixty-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week, I spoke at the Madrid JUG. We also had a panel where my colleagues at the Eclipse Foundation talked about the work they do to support the open-source community. Next week, I will go on a North...

    Eclipse Foundation Security Statement: JARsigner Abuse by Malicious Actors

    Friday, February 21, 2025 - 02:15 by Mikaël Barbero
    Recent reports indicate that cybercriminals are exploiting the Windows DLL side-loading technique using the legitimate jarsigner.exe executable to propagate malware. This binary is commonly included in Java distributions such as Eclipse Temurin, which is also bundled with the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This has understandably raised concerns about the...