Delivering Quality to the Enterprise
by Kay Keppler
Open source has found its way into companies’ business models as organizations look for less costly middleware alternatives to proprietary products. In an exclusive interview with Java Pro, Marc Fleury, founder, chairman, and CEO of JBoss, discusses the company’s approach to revolutionizing enterprise middleware software, the increasing popularity of open source, licensing and indemnification, and more.

Eclipse Unleashed
by Mike Milinkovich
Set free by IBM just over a year ago, the Eclipse platform has realized a substantial increase in interest and commitment. Find out more about Eclipse’s growth and success, and see how it’s giving the Java community a flexible and extensible development platform that everyone can share.

COLUMN: OBJECT ENTERPRISE
Architecture Is in Your Best Interest
by Peter Varhol
While IDEs and application frameworks make coding easier, they don’t do anything for architecture. See why software development groups and user representatives need to focus on application architecture as a critical step before coding.

COLUMN: PLUGGED IN
Get Acquainted with Eclipse Plug-Ins
by Kevin Jones
Eclipse is well-known as an IDE, but plug-ins extend this concept to a complete Eclipse “platform.” Learn everything you need to know about plug-ins in this first of several columns that will walk you through creating and using a plug-in as well as using other Eclipse technologies.

COLUMN: PRO SHOP
J2ME Lets You Go 3D
by Daniel F. Savarese
Java-enabled mobile devices now pack the power to display 3D graphics. Whether you’re a novice or experienced at 3D programming, discover how the J2ME M3G API lets you bridge platform-specific graphics capabilities with a common programming interface for Java-enabled mobile devices.

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Editor's Note
by Kay Keppler