http://techdistrict.kirkk.com Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:20:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've published a summary of the OSGi survey results on the APS blog at Burton Group. Definitely some interesting numbers. The highlights? 80% said they'll be developing software using OSGi in the next 6 - 12 months, and almost 90% said they would today if their application server supported OSGi. ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/06/19/osgi-survey-results/ If you haven't taken the time to fill out the OSGi survey yet, I have to encourage you to do so. The survey will remain live until June 13th. Your feedback and help is greatly appreciated, and I hope to publish the results sometime in June or July http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/06/02/osgi-survey-deadline-extended/ I've created a simple on-line survey to gauge interest in OSGi within the enterprise. I appreciate anyone who can spare a few moments to provide their input. I plan to leave the survey open until May 30th, 2008. At some point, I hope to share the results. http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/05/20/osgi-survey/ It's time to move on and show the simple elegance Spring brings to OSGi development using the HelloWorldSpec sample from the OSGi & Modularity post. But first, a little primer on Spring Dynamic Modules. Spring DM is not an OSGi implementation. Instead, Spring DM aims to make working with OSGi ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/05/06/osgi-spring/ Software failure statistics are abundant and serve as clear evidence that we must reform software development. While industry claims an IT labor shortage is the motivating force behind outsourcing, the greatest factor is directly related to our inability to deliver value-add software. As organizations continue to ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/05/01/software-development-failure/ The .jar file has always been a great unit of modularity on the Java platform. Unfortunately, it also comes with the classpath baggage, and .jar files were never treated as first class components. OSGi is the next generation component platform that will bring greater modularity to the Java platform. In ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/04/24/osgi-modularity/ Lately, I've been experimenting more with OSGi, and I want to share some of the examples I've put together. The examples involve Felix, Spring Dynamic Modules, and Jetty, though could easily be used with Equinox. Once I'm finished with these exercises, I'm hoping to compare and ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/04/17/simple-osgi-service/ Some of you may have seen this video explaining the placement of phony job ads that are subsequently used to prove to the Department of Labor that there is an IT labor shortage. Lou Dobbs also got in on the mix as shown in this YouTube video, ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/04/03/the-h-1b-fraud/ There is no IT labor shortage in the U.S. There is no dearth of software developers. Instead, this shortage is reinforced through repetitious pronouncements by industry of the impending labor crisis, and is used as outsourcing ammunition. In reality, organizations outsource because of two simple and ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/03/27/it-labor-shortage-myth/ March 31st marks my first day as an Analyst with Burton Group working in the Application Platform Strategies group. To an extent, this is a career change for me. Since I've been in IT, I've worked exclusively on enterprise development projects. Over the years, I've played ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2008/03/25/new-job-new-skin/