Oracle gives boost to AJAX, Java

Oracle says it is pitching in to improve AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and Java programming at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco next week. The main contribution will be its AJAX render kit for the open source community, expected sometime in the next two months. Also on tap is a reference implementation of the Java Persistence Architecture (JPA) and engineering assistance to the open source Grails project. Oracle hopes the JPA and AJAX moves will bring developers to its technology.

For more on Oracle's JavaOne announcements:
- see this InfoWorld article