This has been a big year for JavaScript. New, fast engines have tested their legs. Libraries have matured. With the ECMAScript 5 draft proposal, the language is growing. However, the language remains largely in exile, to only be used in Web browsers.

rPath is a little bit closer to its Project Javelin dreams.

Bjorn Freeman-Mason had become a thorn in the Eclipse Foundation's side, so Eclipse executive Mike Milinkovich very directly said, "You're a jerk. Go away."

The GNOME Foundation has announced that GUADEC 2010 will be held in The Hague, Netherlands, on July 24-30.