Sun joined the OpenAJAX Alliance to help drive open standards for AJAX programming and increase interoperability across AJAX technologies. The OpenAJAX Alliance formed earlier in 2006 and was announced at the OpenAJAX Summit in May. It is led by over 20 companies, including IBM, Oracle, Yahoo, AOL, Red Hat and Zimbra, the provider of an open source server and client technology for enterprise messaging and collaboration.

The group will focus on reducing the risk of AJAX adoption by providing interoperability; ensuring that AJAX solutions adhere to open standards and use open-source technology; and preserving the open nature of the Web, according to an eweek article.

In another show of commitment to open source, Sun will also join the Dojo Foundation, which provides an open source JavaScriptTM toolkit that makes professional web development easier. As part of the Dojo Toolkit project, Sun will be contributing AJAX widgets, helping with internationalization efforts and refining documentation. Greg Murray, Sun's AJAX Architect, will be one of the people representing Sun as a member of the Dojo Foundation, according to a Sun press release. A project that uses components from Dojo is jMaki. jMaki is a plug in for the NetBeansTM IDE.

Sun plans to work on best practices and promote wider AJAX adoption. "We're looking forward to Sun's involvement in helping to mature the Toolkit. Sun's support of the Dojo Foundation, inclusion of Rhino in the upcoming Java Platform Standard Edition 6 and recent release of Project Phobos underline a commitment to a better future for both users and developers," said Alex Russell, current president of the Dojo Foundation. [...read more...]

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