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Kodak, Sun Settle Java Lawsuit

Darryl K. Taft -
Eastman Kodak Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have settled their lawsuit over Suns infringement of Kodaks patents in the creation of the Java platform. The...

IBM Beefs Up WebSphere App Server Platform

Darryl K. Taft -
IBM Corp. Wednesday announced a new version of its WebSphere application server platform, citing enhancements such as high-availability, new capabilities for building service oriented...

Startup Turns Wikis into Development Platform

Matthew Hicks -
SAN FRANCISCO—The co-founders of early search engine and portal Excite.com are bringing a new concept to the Web: the wiki as an application development...

Laszlo Open-Sources App-Building Platform

Darryl K. Taft -
Laszlo Systems Inc., a rich client platform provider, Tuesday announced that it has open-sourced its Laszlo platform and has made it available under the...

Software Patents Gone Bad

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols -
Open-source and proprietary developers have at least one enemy in common: software patents.This latest mess with Kodak and Sun is just one of many,...

Kodaks Java Case Underscores Patent System Woes

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols -
When Eastman Kodak Co. won the initial round of its Java lawsuit against Sun Microsystems Inc., it sent shock waves through not just Sun...

Browser Vendors Need to Quit Monkeying Around

Peter Coffee -
If you point toward a place where food is hidden, a chimpanzee will get the hint only about once in every four trials. If...

Chipping Away at Coding Challenges

Peter Coffee -
As much as it might seem a purely hardware event, I always think of the autumnal chip-head convocation in San Jose, Calif., as being...

Open-Source Java Brewing in Brazil

Darryl K. Taft -
The Brazilian government is pushing an effort to deliver an open-source version of Java that could put control of the platform into the hands...

Open Source Needs an Arbitration Board

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols -
Weve got to find a better way to settle open-source disputes than fighting them out in the press.In the latest tussle, Furthermore and Miro,...

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