Archive for April, 2009

How to sneak easter eggs past the pointy haired boss

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

I’m part of a small team that is developing a cool Java product. We’ve been afloat for more than a year and we’re doing better every month. We’ve grown quite a bit during this time. There used to be only one developer, then I joined the team and now we already have 4 devs.
Until now [...]



Microsoft acquires ZeroTurnaround for undisclosed amount

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

ZeroTurnaround Ltd., a developer of Java development productivity tools, announced today that it has been acquired by Microsoft Corp. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. ZeroTurnaround will stop any further developments of JavaRebel and JSPWeaver and will buy back all the licenses sold so far.
“The deal fits with Microsoft’s strategy of migrating Java developers to the .NET [...]