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Scala JDBC FAQ: How can I use the Java JDBC API in my Scala application?

If you want to use a SQL database with your Scala applications, it's good to know you can still use the traditional Java JDBC programming library to access databases. I just ran a simple JDBC connection and SQL SELECT test, and everything seems to work just as it does in Java.

Oracle Apache JCP rift: "The Apache Software Foundation has resigned its seat on the Java SE/EE Executive Committee (EC). Apache has served on the EC for the past 10 years, winning the JCP 'Member of the Year' award 4 times, and recently was ratified for another term with support from 95% of the voting community."

That's how to the Apache Software Foundation blog post begins when describing why they have quit the Java JCP EC. They later add:

I don't have much to add to this article about Sun employees leaving Oracle, so I I'll just share a link to it. Besides talented employees leaving Sun, as Ian Skerrett, Director of Marketing for the Eclipse Foundation wrote, Oracle needs to get a clue, and fast.

With Apple very quietly letting developers know that Java on Mac OS X is deprecated (you had to find it in the Release Notes for the latest Java Update), it's quickly time to think about what this means to Mac Java developers.

Why did Apple do this?

Seeing that they're not hurting for money at all (see Apple makes more than $1.6M revenue per employee), there are three possible answers here:

Summary: Sun's former CEO starts a Ruby/Postgres company. Larry Ellison (Oracle) slams Sun management. James Gosling slams Oracle.

Wow, there are all sorts of fun things going on in the Java (or former-Java) world. First, former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz talks a lot about patents, including Sun's history with Microsoft, presumably because Oracle is suing Google over some Java patents that Sun would never sue for.