Clustered JMX

I'm a little surprised that it's taken until Java 7 to seriously consider how to address JMX in a Cluster. This seems like something that a lot of people would have to be dealing with regularly. I'm trying to discern what this means:

1. People don't use JMX much.
2. People who do a lot of clustering don't use JMX to manage their running applications.
3. Everyone who clusters and uses JMX invests a fair amount of time into deploying a solution like OpenDMK.

Thoughts?

Doug Lea on the Art of Multiprocessor Programming

Doug Lea on Concurrency-Interest:

This is by far the best source for explaining the ideas and algorithms underlying java.util.concurrent -- the vast majority of them, plus some others, including a few that may someday appear. It also uses Java / java.util.concurrent to illustrate most concepts. I strongly recommended it.

Strong praise coming from a distinguished source like Doug Lea, I'd say.

Mesh U

MeshU looks pretty interesting. Toronto's just overflowing with interesting conferences these days.

Twitter Quote of the Day

"I used to think that people who didn't look constantly bewildered were smarter. Now, I think it's the other way around." - Michael Feathers.