Yet another Java Blog

I've tried creating blogs many a times, but never had the consistency to follow up on maintaining and regularly updating them. This is yet another attempt at writing about something I do for my living. Yes you guessed it right Java. I work for BEA Systems on WebLogic and try to learn about the latest advances in linux.

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