Cees de Groot's Weblog http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=cdegroot Artima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers. Artima.com http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ Scala http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=260478 I've seen the next big JVM language, and it's called Scala. Look Ma! No OS! http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=239339 SqueakNOS is an old idea that has gotten the kiss of life again. You want fast, simple, and OO? Check it out. Java going bigger, bigger, bigger http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=233278 During last week's The Server Side Java Symposium in Prague, it looks like scaling is the biggest issue. I've collected some pointers from presentations on the topic and will certainly return to it when we start doing this sort of stuff.