Articles for the weekend

Two pieces from the world of the Eclipse IDE: Eclipse Foundation chief makes case for open source development and Sun: No plans to join Eclipse.

News in JavaScript 1.5 (exceptions, constants, accessors): JavaScript in Mozilla.

A question about converting Java programs into executable EXE files comes up often in Java discussion groups. Dmitry Leskov wrote a fairly detailed article on it: Java to EXE — Why, When, When Not and How.

Finally, a head-to-head contest: POJO Application Frameworks: Spring Vs. EJB 3.0.