The Site With the Lamp

November 16, 2004

java.net, the so called source for java technology collaborartion has a sense of humor. We already have java.sun.com and java.com confusing enough for most people even without all the subsections on java.sun.com

So what exactly is java.net? it looks a like a collection of blogs, and news feeds which is another way of saying this is just another website. Hang on a second they also host a few projects and have CVS servers etc for developers. Sure but would you move from sourceforge just because of that?

Now to look up the real humorous items on their website; the FAQ says you could 'federate your site' with java.net. What does federating mean?
""To federate" means, "To cause to join into a league, federal union, or similar association." (American Heritage Dictionary). On java.net, federated sites will typically be sites that are already mature. They have an existing, stable community and are self supporting. For a variety of reasons, these groups may wish to maintain
their own established infrastructure and to tie into some of the enriched features that java.net offers"