The goal here is to remove all barriers to entry and get developers easy access to our tools.

However, I think the barriers to entry are low. It's an important feature, but others can do the same.

We're breaking down the barriers between designers and developers.

Matisse is a new visual GUI builder that allows developers to save a lot of time laying out their GUIs. This has been a huge problem in the Java industry for many years. This is the big, new, hot feature that the developers are really clamoring for.

This technology will remove barriers to computational science not being addressed by the incremental infrastructure projects involving data grids and network control planes. By creating better science, we will have better answers, and with better answers, policy makers will have more accurate information on which to base decisions.

Previous releases have lagged behind the Java specifications from a tooling perspective. This is a new direction with the [tools] technology. We want to get it out there for the community to preview and give us feedback on very early in the process.