Blogs
Can Sun's Java Store Make Apple's App Store Look Like a Rounding Error?
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2009-06-22
James Gosling, the creator of Java as well as Sun Microsystems vice president and fellow, spoke with eWEEK in an exclusive interview at the recent JavaOne conference in San Francisco. In this segment of a wide-ranging discussion I had with Gosling, he shared his view of Sun's new Java Store,
So Long, Sacha: JBoss CTO Goes Out on Top
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2009-04-08
Sacha Labourey, who shepherded JBoss through its integration into Red Hat following Marc Fleury's departure, has himself called it a day after eight years with the open-source middleware
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New Organization Promotes Free and Open Cloud Computing
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2009-04-01
It is April 1 and the focus on the cloud is as serious -- or not-so-serious -- as ever. A new organization has formed to ensure that cloud computing remains free and open.
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Microsoft Flagged for Open-Source Foul
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-10-05
Microsoft gets flagged for what amounts to a defensive holding penalty against open source, despite attempts by the company to be more supportive of open-source initiatives. How serious is
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Marc Fleury Continues His Comeback
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-10-03
The latest project that former JBoss CEO Marc Fleury has started, OpenRemote, released its first open community effort known as Beehive. Well, I won't necessarily call it a comeback. But
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Can Amazon Reign over Microsoft's Cloud?
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-10-02
Amazon announces plans to support Windows Server and SQL Server on its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) in what amounts to a preemptive attack at Microsoft's soon-to-be-announced cloud
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Microsoft Scores First Down with jQuery JavaScript Library
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-09-28
By adopting the open-source jQuery JavaScript library, Microsoft adds a passing first down to its plodding open-source ground game. Microsoft has scored a solid first
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Midori Unleashed: The Goods on the Future of Windows
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-07-29
Microsoft has a post-Windows operating system in the works, and it is code-named Midori, sources say. What's in it for developers? David Worthington over at SD Times has
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Bridging the Literacy Divide with Open Source
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-07-22
Can a $5 iPod-like device help change the world and substitute for the Internet where the Net does not exist? PORTLAND, Ore. -- Cliff Schmidt is a man on a mission -- a mission to
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Addressing Mobile Browser Fragmentation
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-07-21
Although browser fragmentation is an issue on the desktop, nowhere is it more of a concern than in the mobile and wireless space.
A panel of experts spoke on the issue of browser fragmentation and its impact on the mobile and wireless space at a meeting of the NYSIA (New
Acronym Jive
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-07-16
Sun's Tim Bray has fun with developer-related acronyms. Sun Microsystems' Tim Bray has a fun little post talking about acronym jive out there in LAMP land and beyond. Bray takes the LAMP acronym and moves from
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Open Source Impact on Tools
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-06-12
Has open source killed the tools market? John De Goes, president of N-Brain, which makes Una, a source code editor, made a big splash recently with an interview on DZone where he detailed why he
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To UML or Not to UML?
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-06-04
Microsoft plays up its support for the Unified Modeling Language. In his keynote at the Microsoft TechEd Developer conference in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft chairman Bill Gates played up the use of the Unified
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Oracle to Welcome BEA, Share Strategy
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-06-04
Oracle plans to hold a Webcast to welcome BEA into the Oracle fold and discuss the integration of BEA's products into the Oracle middleware lineup. The Webcast will be held July 1 and
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Google I/O: Developer Love or What?
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2008-05-29
The popularity of the Google platform for developers was clearly evident on the morning of May 28 when Google held its Google I/O developer confrence at the Moscone West convention center in San
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