Josh Fruhlinger
Contributing writer
Josh Fruhlinger is a writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles.
Will Android tablets take a bite out of the iPad? Not likely
Apple's iPad defined a new market, but none of the Android competition looks likely to grab a big share
If Java were dying, what would it look like?
James Governor over at RedMonk has a nice wrap-up of new and interesting and important projects being backed by Java these days, so as to refute the "Java is dying" meme. I consider this meme to be something of a joke and tend to only...
VMware wants to own your data center
The virtualization company's moves at VMworld speak of a breathtaking ambition that recalls Microsoft's own conquest of the PC
VMware puts Java at the heart of its cloud app dev offerings -- for now
First VMware made SpringSource's flavor of enterprise Java the programming environment for its teamup with Salesforce.com ; then Rod Johnson proclaimed that you could build apps in that environment that had little to do with...
Dear James Gosling: It's way past t-shirts
I respect James Gosling in several ways: both as a technical whiz and as a guy who managed to rise pretty far up in a big corporation without losing his soul or sense of idealism. Google may be using its newfound position as bullying...
Is the JavaOne love gone?
The question of whether you'll be heading to JavaOne is more relevant than ever, now that Oracle's decision to sue Google over Java has so many Java developers roiled up. The spectacle of Larry Ellison giving the keynote speech will...
RIM BlackPad: No BlackBerry OS included?
According to reports on the forthcoming BlackPad, RIM may debut an OS based on technology from QNX Software Systems
BlackBerry going with QNX; Java ME to lose its highest-profile OS?
Interesting news from Bloomberg about BlackBerry's rumored BlackPad tablet. According to anonymous sources "familiar with the plans," the new tablet will run not a version of the BlackBerry OS, but a QNX variant . These sources...
Do Oracle's patent claims stand a chance?
So Oracle has two distinct claims in its lawsuit against Google over Android: copyright violation and patent violation. The copyright claims are extremely vague and its hard to see how they could apply, given that what Java code...
Android threatens Oracle's embedded Java business
Oracle's lawsuit against Google has uncovered an interesting fact: Before last week, not many people knew what Android was, exactly. Most industry watchers understood it was an open source Linux-based OS that ran code written in Java....
Oracle gets litigious; should SpringSource be worried?
Oracle's move to sue Google over Android is, if a surprise, then not a shock. Oracle has a reputation of playing hardball; Android was a direct threat to Oracle's Java ME business. The question is: is this just the first of many...
Oracle sues Google over Android
Usually I update this blog on Mondays and Wednesdays, but obviously there's been a big news story that can't really wait. To read my immediate take, check out the post I wrote on InfoWorld's Tech Watch blog, " Oracle launches...
Oracle launches scorched-earth fight to profit from Java
Oracle's lawsuit against Google over the Java-derived Android reveals an aggressive plan to profit from the Java platform, which Larry Ellison called "the single most important software asset we have ever acquired." But by turning to...
Oracle IDE plans to nudge developers towards Oracle servers?
Continuing with our Java tooling theme, we come to a couple of developments from Oracle on IDEs. The higher-profile one is the release of the Oracle Enterprise Pack , a free set of plug-ins for Eclipse. There isn't anything terribly...
It's not you, it's me: Microsoft kills IronRuby
Down to one part-time Ruby programmer, Microsoft's move may signal end of flirtation between big companies and small projects
Google enters the Java tooling market with Instantiations buy
A few weeks ago I discussed Oracle's crowded IDE picture , then noted that Google's new IDE, aimed at non-programmers, made quite a splash . Google seems to be trying to get itself into the "real" tooling market with its acquisition...
Google and Verizon's plan for wireless 'toll roads'
The companies' 'open Internet' proposal for wired broadband is a distraction from their bid for a non-neutral wireless Internet
Why Google Wave failed: Too complicated, no fun
Work software shouldn't resemble a video game -- especially when there's no way to win
Rod Johnson boasts of bending Salesforce.com to his will
The evolution of tech companies over the years and decades is something of interest to me, and Salesforce.com is in the midst of a change that I find particularly intriguing. Born as a CRM service company that happened to offer its...