Picks of the Week:

• Alex — Type specific Comparators in JDK 5.
• Peter — Can paying for an IDE be justified?
• Erik — Why no Equals() and GetHashCode()  in System.Colle…
• Mark — What Does The OpenJDK Really Mean?
• Alan — Sun loses another Java rock star.
• Jens — Are Free Tools Really Free?
• John — Updating time zone data just got easier.
• Markus — Reducing the memory consumption of your Java application (Part II).

Tip of the Week:

Type Specific Comparators in JDK 5

Tutorial of the Week:

Job Scheduling with Quartz

Notable Software Releases:

The Truth is Out There…
Erik C. Thauvin
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