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 Java Watch
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2004 | 2003 | 2002
Web Services: More Smoke Than Fire
(Issue 044, December 15, 2001)
Ever since Microsoft decided that Web services provided by .NET were the next big wave for software development, all too many developers have gone gaga over Web services. click for full story
Stacking the Deck, Microsoft-Style
(Issue 043, December 1, 2001)
Would you believe claims that one company makes about its competitor’s technology? I sure wouldn’t, but I was surprised to find some software managers taking Microsoft’s recent white paper collection on .NET versus J2EE (http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/compare /default.asp) as gospel truth. Hello, Earth to manager, Earth to manager: What makes you think Microsoft could possibly have anything objective to say about Java? click for full story
Visual J#.NET: Is Microsoft Kidding?
(Issue 042, November 15, 2001)
Start with the name: Visual J#.NET. Even after decades of seeing oddball technology names, this one looks more like a typo than any other name I’ve ever seen. It’s an awkward name for Microsoft’s latest awkward attempt to get Java shops back into the Microsoft fold. I just don’t think it’s going to work. click for full story
Read the Fine Print
(Issue 041, November 1, 2001)
We sign them every day with a click of a mouse or the tear of a paper envelope. They’re the End User License Agreements (EULA) and other programming licenses that we all must live with. We generally give them hardly a moment’s thought. click for full story
Answering 9/11 With Java
(Issue 040, October 15, 2001)
On Sept. 11, the first thing I did after staring at a jetliner taking out the second tower of the World Trade Center on CNN was pray. The second was to try to reach my friends and family who live in lower Manhattan. Me and about a million other people. click for full story
Wasting a Billion Dollars
(Issue 039, October 1, 2001)
So how many billions did you throw away this year? If you buy into Gartner Research analysts David Smith and Yefim Natis’ latest white paper, “Are You Overpaying for Application Server Overcapacity?” the answer could be as much as $2 billion from 2001 to 2003. Isn’t that special? click for full story
We’re No. 1! Now What?
(Issue 038, September 15, 2001)
You knew it in your heart that someday, somehow, Java would become the No. 1 programming language in the world. Well, according to Evans Data Corp., by sometime next year about 55 percent of North American developers will spend at least some time working in Java. click for full story
Constant Change Is Here to Stay
(Issue 037, September 1, 2001)
Isn’t it ironic? The courts nail Microsoft for incorporating an Internet browser into the operating system. Developers spit at Microsoft for adding everything from a decent file manager to Windows 95 to instant messaging and multimedia players into Windows XP. And now, many in the industry are up in arms because Microsoft is not incorporating Java into Windows XP. I’m no Microsoft fan, but some days the boys from Redmond really can’t win no matter what they do. click for full story
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