Darryl K. Taft

BEA Systems Inc. came out swinging on Friday after a week of taking hits from competitors claiming their technology is better for BEA customers than BEAs own. BEA defended its position in the Java application server market, saying the company has come under fire because the competition knows it has to come after the sector […]

RICHMOND, Va.—Is Sun Microsystems Inc. really a force in the PC operating system market? That question was the crux of the hearing Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit here. Judge Paul Niemeyer took control early in the hearing in which Microsoft sought to appeal a federal district court ruling that […]

While BEA Systems Inc. announced the availability of the new version of the foundation of its application server platform, Oracle Corp. announced a new application server offering of its own, along with a program aimed directly at BEAs heart. Oracle Monday announced a version of its application server, known as the Oracle 9iAS Application Server […]

The Web Services Interoperability Organization Tuesday announced the formation of its Basic Security Profile Working Group (BSPWG). The group will focus on developing a basic profile for Web services security, much like the WS-I has developed a basic profile for achieving overall interoperability. Eve Maler, XML standards architect at Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun Microsystems Inc., […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. has announced a series of technologies and initiatives to help developers build applications and Web services more effectively and enjoy a better overall development experience. At the Web Services Edge East conference in Boston this month, Sun announced its Sun ONE Web Services Platform Developer Edition, consisting of Suns integrated development environment […]

When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Thursday hears Microsoft Corp.s appeal of a federal judges ruling calling for the company to ship Java with Windows, it will do so without at least one of its members. The court will hear the appeal of the ruling of U.S. District Judge J. Frederick […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. has won a two-year position on the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) board of directors, sources said. In winning this slot, Sun joins the leaders in Web services on the board of an organization initially formed with the apparent intent of keeping the Unix systems vendor out of its ranks. Now Sun […]

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) will announce the results of its board elections Wednesday, sources said. WS-I officials said the election results are in after the membership voted on who should fill two new slots on the WS-I board of directors. Initially, WS-I officials had said the results would be announced Friday, and an […]

A significant customer opportunity is emerging for open-source software, as more state and federal governments loosen their restrictions on implementations of such software. As the trend unfolds, Microsoft Corp. is insisting that it can coexist peacefully with the model. Last week, Texas state Sen. John Corona introduced Bill SB 1579, which would enable the state […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. last week announced a series of technologies and initiatives to help developers build applications and Web services more effectively and to enjoy a better overall development experience, including revamping its developer program. Sun announced its Sun ONE Web Services Platform Developer Edition, which comprises integrated tools and infrastructure technology. The integrated platform […]

Is Sun Microsystems Inc. as much a friend to open source as it claims to be? Late last year Sun amended its Java Community Process (JCP) program to accommodate demands of the open-source community and enable organizations to license the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) compatibility test suite without licensing the source code, which was […]

More Linux developers are coming from Windows backgrounds than from Unix, according to a recent study. Evans Data Corp., of Santa Cruz, Calif., said the results of a recent survey the company conducted show that more than half of the new Linux developers surveyed said they used to be primarily Windows developers—to the tune of […]