He then surveys the two JSRs that propose to bring modularity to Java 7 — JSR 291: Dynamic Component Support for Java SE and JSR 277: Java Module System. Both would bring the programming model ...

As Oracle has been prone to do for the past nine months, company officials Tuesday pledged a strong commitment to Java technology. They even offered glimpses of a modular future for the platform.

A tidbit from Friday, reported by Alex Miller , gave me a bit of whiplash: Stanley Ho, Sun's spec lead for the modularity-focused JSR 277, is leaving to go to RIM , and the job is being taken over by ...