Uche Alex Osunkwo

The "Real-World Java Seminar" has been described as the best Java education opportunity on the East Coast and it started on August 13 in New York City at 7.00AM and ended at about 8.00PM. The use of Java and related platforms for advancing technology through software development featured lavishly under the guidance of JBoss, etc. Code Gear from Borland, Nexaweb, Microsoft, etc. made prominent presentations on their advancements, particularly paying attention to interoperability of their technologies. As a participant in the seminar, my observations represent only a perspective. The advantages of Java 6.0 over previous versions were compared and highlighted, and a subsequent presentation and demonstration by CodeGear extracted the utility of Java applications. Similarly, the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) was presented as a live wire of Service Oriented Architecture in... (more)

Open Source Mentality for Science, Technology and Healthcare in Africa

Advancements in science and technology as applied to health services, agricultural services, business development or any other substantial realm of endeavor have remained the bedrock of human society development in the past. Although traditional civilization as has been documented for Egypt (Africa), Europe and Asia seem to be the originators of philosophical thought, there has been significant advancement in methods and materials of 'doing things' lately. Advances in science and the consequent development of methods seem to be the modern bases of improvement in the societies. Op... (more)