Each server-side architect face this delima, which application framework to choose, EJB3.x or Spring ?

although both frameworks rock at development and production time, it's very hard to choose the right one.

I had several talks with tikal's architects about it,and although I get the impressive pro/cons bullets the final selection relate to taste!

while reading "JBoss and SpringSource" article, a new factor add to the table, a war between commercial entities? time will tell...

I wanted to share a small case resolution I had to resolve at customer site, I think the main conclusion from the issue was before starting to troubleshooting, read
carefully your exception stack trace.

I wrote a small overview at P&C daily maily (in hebrew) about open source and cloud computing, friends or enemies?

http://www.thepeople.co.il/_DailyMaily/ItemClean.asp?ArticleID=32307&Vol...

A new version of ELIPS studio 3 was released (Beta 3), you can download it here. The major additions are: Support Android 1.6 and 2.0: ELIPS Studio can now generate your application as a native Android application package (.apk). More information about the setup is provided in the website, tutorials section. Native code mapping – [...]

A few weeks ago, Ilan and I evaluated the ELIPS plugin for Flex Builder which allows Flex to go mobile. You can read the post we co-wrote here. We are going to host an event, under the sponsorship of Tikal. This time, we are going to cover RSLs – In depth look on how they [...]

Ilan Avigdor, a colleague of mine, has posted a top notch and very interesting set of posts regarding resource modules in Flex. You can read the Adobe livedocs atricle here, Ilan’s detailed explanation and code example here and his detailed instructions on how to use Flex Builder to compile these resource modules instead of manually [...]

We are in the process of finaliazing our new community site design and would like to get last mile remarks....

I am adding Shirily Bar-Or concept and the home draft, Please Read and Review attachment.

TIKAL SITE DRAFT

Site Structure

Site flow should be focused on easy navigation between groups and within each group, and enable intuitive orientation around.

Community groups are focal point of user’s interest.

Well, After hearing allot from all the smart guys at Tikal and outside, you should look at dynamic languages...

I started to dive a little bit into the domain and I must admit I think all "I told you" guys are right!

The main reason it's now is, most of developers are feed up of the cycle of "compile-package-deploy", they just want the "compile-deploy" cycle. (and yes, I am familiar with JavaRebel )

The big question is which language / technology to pick?