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Java standards battle nears close
News A closely watched feud over Java standards compliance moved closer to resolution this week, but questions over the value of that standard still linger. Differences in how Java software makers implement standards can cause incompatibilities, they...
[July 31, 2003, 14:00]
Java standards glitch may open door for Microsoft
News However, Sun is withholding its 8400-page Java specification from ECMA because ECMA will not allow Sun to maintain its copyright through the standards process. Shortly after, ECMA agreed to take up Sun's Java standards work and submit Java to ISO...
[November 22, 1999, 10:51]
US Report: Sun polishes plan for Java
News Resolving to boost Java's acceptance among corporate IT managers, Sun Microsystems is refashioning the Java standards process as it edges toward the first bona fide standard version of the language. This month it will unveil changes to the Java...
[July 13, 1998, 9:52]
McNealy: Don't let Microsoft steal the Net
News Programmers are on the front lines in the battle to keep Microsoft from taking over the standards that underlie the Internet, Sun chief executive Scott McNealy told loyal users of Sun's Java software on Tuesday.
[March 27, 2002, 9:53]
Sun wants to lift its Java profile
News Sun Microsystems is trying to climb back into the market for Java server software with rapid standards compliance and aggressive pricing. When products from different providers meet the standards, customers should be able to run Java programs on...
[April 13, 2004, 10:55]
ECMA ratifies C# as standard
News Microsoft said the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) , an international technology standards organization, has ratified Microsoft's C#, a Java-like programming language, along with a component of its .Net Web services framework...
[December 14, 2001, 9:27]
Microsoft gets backing for .Net tools
News Microsoft said the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA), an international technology standards organisation, has ratified Microsoft's C#, a Java-like programming language, along with a component of its .Net Web services framework...
[December 14, 2001, 6:31]
Sun says it may remove MS's Java rights
News Digital Equipment Corp.and Compaq Computer Corp.demanded on Sept.that Sun hand over Java to an international standards body. At a press conference Monday morning, executives at JavaSoft, the Sun subsidiary in charge of the Java programming...
[September 23, 1997, 16:19]
IBM unveils Websphere 6
News It claims that the version has improved availability and ease of deployment, and includes support for various Java and Web Services standards. The next version of Websphere contains support for various Java and Web Services standards, including the...
[October 6, 2004, 8:55]
Comdex 2001: Nokia touts new phone standards group
News Among the standards is Java, which lets programs run regardless of which chip and operating system the phone uses. Mobile phone giant Nokia announced a multi-company initiative to standardize future cell phones to include features incorporating Sun...
[November 13, 2001, 10:04]
IBM lures students with free software
News IBM is heavily invested in industry standards such as Java and Web services, which form the basis of many of its products. The initiative) is about (promoting) open standards -- Linux, Java -- and the IBM stack of products that support those...
[July 21, 2004, 10:00]
A Year Ago: MS' Java letter was a 'publicity stunt'
News He added that the Java brand must be managed by a business, not a standards body. Saying he wanted to "cut through the rhetoric" that surrounds Java, Alan Baratz, president of Sun Microsystems Inc.s JavaSoft division, today unleashed a little of...
[September 24, 1998, 6:08]
Sun: MS's Java letter was a 'publicity stunt'
News He added that the Java brand must be managed by a business, not a standards body. Saying he wanted to "cut through the rhetoric" that surrounds Java, Alan Baratz, president of Sun Microsystems Inc.s JavaSoft division, today unleashed a little of...
[September 23, 1997, 10:19]
Eclipse to branch out of Java
News Looking to build on the popularity of its Java development tool, the Eclipse open source foundation is eyeing initiatives targeting everything from programming for embedded systems to working with standards organisations in the health care industry.
[March 2, 2005, 8:30]
IBM, BEA brew up Java strategy
News The two companies, which are in a battle for the top spot in the market for Java application servers, have already collaborated on other technical specifications in Java as well as Web services standards.
[November 25, 2003, 15:30]
J2EE vs .Net: Making that vital development decision
News But Sun has never relinquished its control over the Java/EJB standards (even going as far as pulling them back from the ECMA standards committee). Microsoft is attempting to do the same with C# (which was its driving reason for getting ECMA...
[June 13, 2002, 15:45]
Java brewers to stir Web services pot
News Sun, which downplayed the delay, creates the standards with its Java partners through a standards body called the Java Community Process (JCP). At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week, Java software makers will attempt to regain ground...
[March 25, 2002, 14:56]
IBM revamps WebSphere
News The company is adopting Java and Web services standards to serve as the common software foundation and glue to link its products together. IBM next year plans to sell a revamped edition of its WebSphere Java server product line that the company...
[November 7, 2003, 15:05]
Java on mobiles: Write once, run... once?
News Without standards, which would help assure that Java written for one phone would work on another, the promised economic benefits may never materialise. Part of the problem, he added, is that Sun, which created Java and controls the language through...
[September 3, 2002, 10:41]
C# gets ISO approval
News Sun, by contrast, has not taken the path of submitting the Java language and the associated software to an international standards body. Microsoft is continuing its efforts to standardise its C# programming language, the software giant's competitor...
[April 3, 2003, 11:25]
