A quick pointer for all you Aussie Java Programmers. Check out the Australia Java User’s Group mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ajug/
It’s not dependant on AJUG membership or anything (I’m not a member, although I have been to the occasional AJUG-Adelaide meeting), and in the last couple of months has had some interesting discussion.
It doesn’t compare to the DevelopMentor AdvancedJava list ( http://discuss.develop.com/advanced-java.html ) for depth of discussion, but is less intimidating to post “silly questions” to.
In my prior life as a Delphi programmer, I used to inhabit the Delphi mailing lists (in their many forms), and I have to say they were a lot better than any Java mailing list. Of course, there aren’t as many active Delphi communities as Java communities, so you’d see the same names poping up all the time. Occasionally I think I recognize one who’s crossed over into Java - for instance I think Glen Stampoultzis of POI fame used to be a Australian Delphi guy, too.
Speaking of Aussie Java Programmers (or not): Win32
AJP documentation. ahhrggg!