These are the twenty most popular stories on Reg Developer in the last 24 hours.

1. Oracle sharpens axe for BEA layoffs
   Four portals, two application servers, no future
2. Sun Java chief to developers: 'We're genetic freaks'
   JavaOne Time to change your definition of 'application'
3. Oracle ignores BEA out of existence
   JavaOne Tales of empire
4. Read, test, don't repeat - how to avoid code complexity
   Book extract, part four Emergent Design: Lessons from Y2K
5. Embarcadero snaps up Borland's CodeGear for $23m
   Resources for courses
6. Sun juggles love of code with need for cash
   CommunityOne Don't attack us... attack them!
7. Sun's JavaFX to hoover-up user data
   JavaOne Spirit of McNealy lives
8. Backlash starts against 'sexy' databases
   Blame your code, not the RDBMS
9. Linux-guru's conviction fuels ReiserFS debate
   Can software live without its maker?
10. Get your Windows Server Online training guides here
    Cost-effective training for your systems analysts
11. Oracle scans BEA code for GPL and LGPL
    'Business-friendly' OK
12. Frustration and joy - Microsoft's CTP in action
    Project Watch: Microsoft 2008 Thank God for file streaming
13. JBuilder 2008: Bold vision, rough edges
    Review No assembly required
14. Adobe lifts Flash and AIR development restrictions
    Handsets go royalty free
15. Opera Dragonfly emerges from pupa
    Debug tool aims to metamorphise web development
16. SpringSource claims first 'proper' application server
    Test and maintenance relief
17. Pump some IronPython with Studio IDE
    Hands on part 2 Visual Studio stripped for action
18. Sun's 'Project Copy Linux' goes commercial
    Elasticated Amazon support, squared
19. Converting Groovy to Ruby
    A different spin on Java
20. Spread your database connections with PHP PDO
    Less is more