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Are we really "Mocking" ? - A new topic at the Java Development Tools Forum
Are we really using this technique to the fullest, or are we just using it to create stubs so we can create tests for our software? - JavaTools Forum

Network Manager - A toolkit for Network Management
A tool to assist network managers to build a model of their network and monitor it.
  (Jun 08, 2005)

DBDXML - A Berkeley DB XML Administration Interface
DBDXML is a JSP (JavaServer Pages) administration engine for Berkeley DB Databases, providing DBMS features such as: - Creation and Deletion of containers and documents - Search of documents using XQuery language - View of XML Documents, in Tree-view and plain-text. - Validation.
  (Jun 08, 2005)

ThinNB - Thinlet support for NetBeans
ThinNB is actually two things: an umbrella project for the ThinNB family of NetBeans modules and also the module responsible for installing the ThinNB Update Center in the IDE.
  (Jun 08, 2005)

OpenUML
Open Source UML Tool
  (Jun 08, 2005)

jTrac - A web-based generic tracking engine
jTrac is a web-based application ideal for issue tracking with built-in workflow. Designed to be generic, you can customize fields to track items (like bugs) & allocate tasks etc. jTrac is a lightweight J2EE application built on the Spring Framework.
  (Jun 08, 2005)

Java Internal Use License for JDK
Ray Gans has announced that Sun Microsystems is releasing a new license for the Java JDK named the Java Internal Use License which permits internal deployment code changes. "End-users of Sun's implementations of J2SE 5.0 now have the ability under the JIUL to fix any critical issue in the code that adversely affects their business operations. In addition, Sun will waive the commercial requirement to pass the Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) for J2SE (a.k.a. the JCK) as long as all code changes are made with diligence to assure the resulting implementation remains true to the specification and that its use is restricted to the licensee's internal business or organization."

Announcing RIFE/Laszlo
The RIFE development team hava announced a new RIFE project: Rife/Lazlo. They write in, "RIFE/Laszlo is a ready-to-run source distribution and file structure that allows you to get started with a new OpenLaszlo application with RIFE in less then 2 minutes. Typically, all that you have to do is unzip the archive, open the project file in you favourite IDE and run the application."

IBM emphasizes teamwork in apps building
IBM officials at the IBM Rational Software Development Conference in Las Vegas last week stressed the need to unify business and software development objectives.

TrackStudio 3.1.6 - Bug Tracker
Issue and bug tracking system TrackStudio has released version 3.1.6 to address a few major bugs. "The list of available handlers in the filter settings has been reduced. An LDAP authentication bug was fixed. Filter by greater or equals bug was fixed. An 'Update task can reset task handler' bug was fixed."

Java Web services spec gets new name
JAX-RPC becomes JAX-WS.

The real story about how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader
See the real JDK 5.0-compliant story on how Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. Warning - contains spoilers on "Revenge of the Sith".