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Five items to bring to your attention to this week:

1: IMPORTANT: Vote in the JavaWorld "Swing" survey
http://nigeria.wpi.com/cgi-bin/gwpoll/gwpoll/ballot.html

2: WoodenChair and JL Collaborate on Swing Migration Tool
http://www.javalobby.org for details & download

3: Please sign and support the JavaReady Petition
http://www.javalobby.org/servlet/PetitionServlet/pjpc

4: FREE: New "InstallAnywhere Now!" from Zero G Software
http://www.javalobby.org/members/zerog.html

5: FREE: Java Developer's Journal Still Available
http://www.javalobby.org/members/jdjfree.html

Read below for details about each of these items...
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* Participate in the JavaWorld "Swing" survey *
* http://nigeria.wpi.com/cgi-bin/gwpoll/gwpoll/ballot.html *
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In a very important poll, JavaWorld is currently asking: "Where would
you like to see Swing packaged for use with JDK 1.2?" At issue is
whether the Swing classes should be in the "java.awt.swing" or the
"com.sun.java.swing" package.

Java Lobby members have expressed serious concerns on both sides of this
issue. Please help guide our group direction on the matter by
participating in the JavaWorld poll. Thanks!

We will soon have our own servlet-based polling capability online.
Meanwhile, please go to JavaWorld and vote in this one. Your
participation matters.

!!WE ARE SPECIFICALLY ASKING ALL MEMBERS TO VOTE - PLEASE DO IT NOW!!
http://nigeria.wpi.com/cgi-bin/gwpoll/gwpoll/ballot.html

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* WoodenChair and JL Collaborate on Swing Migration Tool *
* http://www.javalobby.org for details & download *
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On a related note, the renaming of the Swing packages has created a
tedious migration problem for many Java developers who have already been
working with Swing. WoodenChair Software (http://www.woodenchair.com),
in collaboration with Java Lobby, is providing their package structure
management tool, RePackager+, and the necessary files to automate the
bi-directional migration of your Swing source code to either the old
package naming or the new. It can save you hours of tedious search and
replace in your Swing source code. Download it now.

The necessary files, called PackageMaps(tm), are available FREE via the
Java Lobby site and at WoodenChair Software. WoodenChair has also
extended to Java Lobby members a discounted price on "Repackager+" valid
until Aug 20, 1998. This is a general purpose tool you can use to
facilitate any form of package remapping in your own Java source code.
Visit http://www.woodenchair.com/download/SwingMapDownload.htm for more
info and a free eval version.

Special thanks to Gary Ray and Dan Frank at WoodenChair for their
generous help!

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* Please sign and support the JavaReady Petition!! *
* http://www.javalobby.org/servlet/PetitionServlet/pjpc *
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With over 4,500 signatures the JavaReady petition is moving along well,
but a lot more of our members should be signing it. It only takes about
a minute to read and sign the petition, and your signature makes ALL the
difference.

Don't delay, sign it now - and please ask your friends and colleagues to
do the same. This is a positive and proactive way to get real Java onto
a lot more new systems, and that will make the advancement of our "Write
Once, Run Anywhere" goal a lot easier.

Links to the petition are vital! Please add one to any site you can!
Professional quality linkable images are online for your use at the
following URL's:

http://www.javalobby.org/images/front/javaready_75.gif
http://www.javalobby.org/images/front/javaready_125.gif
http://www.javalobby.org/images/front/javaready_468.gif

They should link to the petition URL at:

http://www.javalobby.org/servlet/PetitionServlet/pjpc

Sign it, let's see 22,000+ signatures there quickly!

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* FREE: New "InstallAnywhere Now!" from Zero G Software *
* http://www.javalobby.org/members/zerog.html *
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For a limited time the Java Lobby is proud to offer to all members
"InstallAnywhere Now!" from Zero G Software (http://www.zeroG.com).
InstallAnywhere Now! is an ideal lightweight distribution system for
Java applications. Built on the same technology that has made Zero G's
InstallAnywhere family of products a standard in multi-platform
installation, InstallAnywhere Now! is perfect for distributing Java
software to Windows, UNIX, OS/2, Mac OS, or any other Java-enabled
platform. InstallAnywhere Now! saves developers the effort of building
separate installers for every target platform, and makes running Java
software as easy as running native applications for end users.

Get your free copy today. As always, this is a "no strings attached"
offer. Thank you Zero G!

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* FREE Subscription to Java Developer's Journal *
* http://www.javalobby.org/members/jdjfree.html *
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Thousands of Java Lobby members already took advantage of this last
week. Don't wait to sign up for your free subscription, the offer will
not be available forever.

SYS-CON Publications is still offering all Java Lobby members a free,
one-year subscription to "Java Developer's Journal". This is a "no
strings attached" offer, and you can sign up for your free subscription
today at the Java Lobby homepage - http://www.javalobby.org

Java Lobby members within the USA will receive the printed magazine -
and members outside the USA will receive the digital PDF version of the
JDJ. Those who have already purchased a subscription to JDJ will have
their subscription extended by a year. Thanks, SYS-CON!

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