"Supporting new platforms such as Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and delivering a host of bugfixes, VirtualBox 3.1.8 is available now from the usual places, " says the Fat Bloke.

"The Oracle Utilities Application Framework is a reusable, scalable and flexible java based framework which allows other products to be built, configured and implemented in a standard way," according to Anthony Shorten

"Steve Harris, Senior Vice President of application server and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition development, talks about running Oracle WebLogic Server on Oracle JRockit Virtual Edition. Listen here to learn how you can run faster and more efficiently without a guest operating system on Oracle VM."

"The even greater news," writes Giuseppe Maxia, "is that, in addition to the general schedule, there are SUNDOWN SESSIONS!"

"Will we all be working remotely to deliver our client projects going forward? Maybe someday, but not anytime soon." -- Oracle ACE Director Jordan Braunstein

"Software architects take their governance initiatives seriously, and I can say with a high level of confidence that most of these denials are highly justified. But, have we architects lost our entrepreneurial spirit, with governance as our defense? Are we over-scrutinizing new ideas and slowing down pilots of innovation because they don’t align with our governance policies and enterprise frameworks?" -- Oracle ACE Director Jordan Braunstein