[via Matt]: A Roadmap for the Java2 Platform, Standard Edition. Some good information there.

Also, the J2SE v1.4.2 has been released. I've been using the beta for the past couple of months, and it's quite good (I do have some issues with the installation system though... we'll see if they've been addressed), particularly the WinXP L&F (clevercactus looks exactly like a native WinXP app with it). Oddly enough, the download page includes as a first set of options the JDK plus the Netbeans IDE, which might be interesting to developers (well... theoretically at least) but will be confusing for users. Bad choice of ordering I think. Anyway. Great to see the release happening on time!