Today I stumbled upon the following article about Open Source vs Commercial Software. It’s quite entertaining and shows many of the pros and cons for both open source and commercial software licensing. http://www.isitedesign.com/insight/08_07/open-source-versus-commercial-web-software.cfm Enjoy!

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During the development of my latest pet project I decided to go head-on with many of the latest Java Enterprise APIs. One of these was the Java Persistence API (JPA), which I had already used in a handful of projects before. On previous projects the persistence requirements were very simple. I could use JPA out-of-the-box [...]

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For the past week I’ve been cycling to and from work. That might not sound like a big deal to you, but it has certainly been a challenge for me. In the past it has been all to easy to jump into the car and head off for work. No more, I’ve decided. The distance [...]

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For the past five months or so, I’ve had the pleasure of participating as a contributing author and editor of the recently released Apress publication, “MyFaces and Facelets – The Definitive Guide”. It was a great experience that I hope that I’ll be able to relive in the near future on other book writing projects. [...]

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