Java development is at a crossroads. The open standards have done lot of good for the Java platform and language, but they have brought in some problems too. Developers are often drenched in the complexities that surround Java development. Worse yet, these complexities are so overwhelm...Oct. 17, 2005 01:15 PM EDT Reads: 24,482 Replies: 3







Shankar Itchapurapu is a software engineer at BEA Systems, India. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Applications. You can e-mail Shankar at shankar.itchapurapu@gmail.com.
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