JOT, the Journal of Object Technology, is an online journal entirely devoted to object-oriented programming and component-based development. The journal is entirely free for both readers and authors. It is published by the Chair of Software Engineering at ETH Zurich. Each issue contains columns by JOT's regular columnists, departments (e.g. book and product reviews) and refereed papers. Columnists include Dave Thomas, Won Kim, Bertrand Meyer, John McGregor. JOT is entirely electronic. Authors submit papers in the JOT format, using templates available for Microsoft Word, LaTeX and FrameMaker.