Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

[@731] Base64 How many implementations of Base64 encoding does Java need? Sun has a few: java.util.prefs.Base64 (non-public) javax.mail.internet.MimeUtility…

Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

[@942] Told you so… Diego is eloquently explaining why they stopped using Java Web Start with Clevercatus Share. This is a perfect example of what I was ta…

Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

[@685] Contributions Scott is saying that IBM hasn't contributed to Java nearly as much as Sun has. I say bullshit. It's not about how much you contribute bu…