And not a case of routing around. There are tensions between the preexisting weblog java community and the new one springing up at java.net. Both are looking for the major webloggers (the so-called ‘A-list’) for recognition and linkage.

Here’s a hint to the folks at Sun – this isn’t an automatic process. It’s going to take time. Keep linking to the best Java webloggers out there and you will eventually see the links flowing back to you. It’s a two way street.