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IBM tries to eclipse .Net with open source
The recent launch of IBM's Office application suite is part of a broader challenge to Microsoft's entire .Net development framework, say industry experts. Read more »
Mainsoft brings .NET to WebSphere Portal
Visual MainWin for J2EE, Portal Edition lets you take existing ASP.NET Web applications and recompile them to run on IBM's WebSphere Portal Read more »
IBM tunes up for Jazz open-source project
IBM is working on an open-source project called Jazz to promote programming tools for globally distributed teams. Read more »
Second Silverlight 2.0 beta to take up Flash fight
Microsoft is launching a revamped test version of its Silverlight software that is designed to broaden the appeal of the company's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash. Read more »
IBM to pay US$1.6 billion for FileNet
IBM has agreed to acquire content-management software maker FileNet for about US$1.6 billion in cash, the companies said on Thursday in the US. Read more »
Java camp takes cue from Microsoft
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival. Read more »
IBM fires up new Stinger
IBM today quietly released an update for the beta program of their upcoming DB2 release, code-named "Stinger". Read more »
IBM seeks to ease database burden
IBM next week will release a major revision of its DB2 database, providing fresh ammunition in the ongoing battle for supremacy in the database marketplace. Read more »
IBM mocks Oracle's open source philosophy
Larry Ellison's lust for control of open source technologies misses the point, according to an IBM executive. Read more »
IBM beefs up Rational toolset
IBM's Rational division yesterday announced new features that will appear in its next generation toolset, code-named Atlantic. Read more »
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Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET
For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »
Can't J2EE and .NET just be friends?
The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer. But can they play nicely together? Read more »
Do you need an application server?
If you're big on technology trends, you may be considering which application server to put in place. But the first question you should ask is whether you truly need one. Read more »
Totally RAD: we road test five IDEs
Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis gets down and dirty with the most popular IDE's to see how they they stack up as Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools. Read more »
IBM to Sun: free Java
Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard. Read more »
IBM lights up mainframe's 40th birthday
Forty years after Big Blue introduced the S/360, the zaftig systems are still going strong and finding a way to fit into 21st-century computing. Read more »
IBM DB2 9.0 Review
DB2 9.0 has a lot for the newcomer or seasoned hand alike. Read more »
The beginning of the end of Java as we know it?
Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated. Read more »
Will MS Longhorn outflank Java rivals?
The debut of a new Windows operating system won't necessarily determine the outcome of the jockeying between Microsoft, IBM, Sun and BEA. Read more »
Turf wars on the Java front
Has the JCP been corrupted by the efforts of IBM and BEA? Will Sun's AppServer 8.0 provide competition to the incumbents and more options for customers? I give you my impressions and talk with Sun software czar Jonathan Schwartz. Read more »
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Net Neutrality, Ballmer and bad dress -- Club Builder
Visting Club Builder this week: Steve Ballmer to speak in Australia, local ISPs say Net Neutrality is an American problem and we look at the best dressed from Tech.Ed Read more »
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Irony of it all
-- Sun has finally announced the full details of their open sourcing of Java -- a move intended to reinvigorate a language badly needing fresh momentum. But let us to cut through the hype and see what we can find. Read more »
OpenID Foundation scores top-shelf board members
-- If the OpenID Foundation were a liquor cabinet, it just got stocked with some Grey Goose, Rhum Clement, and Gran Patron. Read more »
Will Microsoft build native Mac and Linux tools?
-- If the future is in Microsoft's online services why isn't the company building native tools for Mac and Linux developers? Read more »
Certification Nation
-- Is a lack of certification really a hole in a developers resume? Are certificates become part of the way of life for software developers, or are we beginning to see the light? Read more »
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In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.