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JUG Milano 2024

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 04:27 by Ivar Grimstad
On Monday, I visited JUG Milano together with my colleague Rosaria Rossini. She did a short talk about soft and hard skills needed for Open Source titled Java & Skills: a research activities in research@eclipse. After that, I did a talk titled Jakarta EE Meets AI where I show different...

Eclipse Temurin Reaches 500 Million Downloads: A Milestone in Open Source Java

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 06:11 by Carmen Delgado
We’re thrilled to share an exciting milestone with the community: Eclipse Temurin has reached over 500 million cumulative downloads as of October 31, 2024! This achievement reflects the growing trust and reliance of the Java community on Temurin as a secure, high-performance, TCK Certified, and high-quality OpenJDK runtime. Reaching this...

Hashtag Jakarta EE #254

Sunday, November 10, 2024 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am in the middle of a trip across Europe that started at DevCon in in Bucharest, Rumania and continued to SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy. Right now, I am on my way to Milan and Turin to talk at...

SFSCON 2024

Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 08:04 by Ivar Grimstad
This was the 24th edition of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON) in Bolzano. I is a free event that attracts visitors mostly from Northern Italy, Austria and Switzerland. This year, there were about 1000 registered attendees. All the sessions at the conference are 15-minute long lighting talks happening...

DevCon 2024

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 22:11 by Ivar Grimstad
I have been to Bucharest several times speaking at various conferences. Devcon was a new experience, even if it is organized by the same team as some of the other ones I have spoken at. It is a two day conference with multiple tracks, or stages, that vary a little...

JCP EC Elections 2024

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 01:41 by Ivar Grimstad
The election for the JCP Executive Committee started today! All JCP Members eligible to vote have received an e-mail with voting instructions. Don’t wait – cast your vote today! The ballot will close at 11:59 PM PST on November 18 We would appreciate if you cast your vote for Eclipse...

Hashtag Jakarta EE #253

Sunday, November 3, 2024 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I had six days at home in October. November will give me thirteen days at home, and no long-haul flights planned. But there will still be quite a bit of traveling around Europe. On the first trip, I will...

JJUG CCC 2024 Fall

Sunday, October 27, 2024 - 23:28 by Ivar Grimstad
It’s been five years since I last was in Tokyo, so it was about time to be back. Last time, I was there for the JCP EE Face-to-Face meeting as well as JJUG CCC 2019 Spring where I presented the Jakarta MVC specification. This time, at JJUG CCC 2024 Fall...

Hashtag Jakarta EE #252

Sunday, October 27, 2024 - 06:59 by Ivar Grimstad
Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Open Community for Java 2024 has just ended, and I am now in Tokyo to speak at JJUG CCC 2024 Fall. This will be my last conference of a pretty busy October which included travels to four different continents...

Open Community for Java 2024

Friday, October 25, 2024 - 03:42 by Ivar Grimstad
Open Community for Java 2024 was a part of Open Community Experience (OCX), the revamped EclipseCon. EclipseCon has been going on with the same format for years, and it was in need of a brush-up. This was definitely achieved with OCX. The conference venue was fantastic and the recurring feedback...