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Eclipses Growth Overshadows Its Early IBM Days

Eclipses are rare events, but rarer still has been the growth experienced by the Eclipse open-source development platform in recent months. As the Java-based framework...

Eclipse Director Takes on Challenges of Growth

Mike Milinkovich became executive director of the Eclipse Foundation in June after 20 years in the software business. Most recently, Milinkovich was vice president...

Avanade Stocks Code for .Net

Microsoft Corp. and Avanade Inc., a specialist in Microsoft integration solutions, have teamed up to deliver a library of reusable components to help developers...

Microsoft: IP Licensing Inevitable

Defending intellectual property and patent licensing is quickly becoming a hot button for proprietary and open-source software developers alike. For many, its not a case...

Axure Hones Web App Prototypes

Making it easier for Web application developers to prototype and specify applications is the goal of Axure Software Solutions Axure RP 3 (formerly Ubiquity...

Black Box Column Brings Forth Products and Protocols

When an IT vendor wants to get my attention, the most effective technique is to rub my nose in one of my own recent...

Bringing Eclipse into the Open

Dave Bernstein is a former senior vice president of product development at Rational Software Corp., who was tasked with leading the effort to transition...

HP Joins with JBoss on Server Support

Hewlett-Packard Co. and open-source middleware vendor JBoss Inc. on Friday said that HP will now provide first-line support for JBoss open-source Java application server....

Cutting and Sewing with XML

Its rarely a term of praise to compare an IT system to a quilt. In an IT context, I usually see the "q" word...

Mac Widget App Set to Make Windows Debut

As one developer prepares to move his application from Mac to Windows, others reaffirm their commitment to the platform—despite competing directly with Apple Computer...