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JavaFX for RIA gets mixed reaction
JavaFX, the supposed "Flash killer" from Sun Microsystems Inc., is getting mixed reactions at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco this week. If developers are working on rich Internet applications (RIAs), one critic asks: "Isn't Swing good enough... News
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Oracle Ajax goes open source
Oracle Corp. announced it is donating 80 Ajax components to the Apache Software Foundation under an open source license. Arguing that "traditional Ajax" with JavaScript is too complex, Thomas Kurian, Oracle senior vice president, said in his JavaOne ... News
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JBI 2 versus SCA
Having failed to get vendor buy-in for Java Business Integration 1.0 (JBI), Sun Microsystems Inc. is now proposing a new spec, JBI 2.0. But IBM, BEA and other vendors are moving forward in OASIS with the Service Component Architecture (SCA), which so... News
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BEA shortfall spurs acquisition talk
BEA Systems Inc. reported revenues that fell short of Wall Street analysts' expectations. This is fueling rumors that Oracle Corp. might buy the company, according to this report. News
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Visual Basic upgrade in the works
Microsoft is working on the next version of Visual Basic, code named VBx as in Visual Basic 10. The new version will work with other scripting languages, including Ruby, Python, and JScript, in .NET applications. News
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Microsoft supports Ruby, Python
Microsoft expands the languages it supports in Silverlight, formerly known as Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere to includes Ruby and Python. Silverlight will support JavaScript, C#, Visual Basic, Ruby, and Python, the Redmond, Wash. software... News
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IBM focuses on SOA for feds
IBM today announced the first Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) center devoted solely to helping U.S. federal government agencies adopt SOA. At the federal level, SOA initiatives have taken on greater urgency as agencies face budget constraints, se... News
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SAP on the road to SOA
SAP AG unfolded its roadmap to service-oriented architecture (SOA) for NetWeaver at its annual Sapphire user conference in Atlanta this week. It will be based on the new Java EE 5 platform and include Ajax and Web 2.0 technologies, the company said. News
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Look out for 'Big SOA'
In this blog, Joe McKendrick listens to Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP, and concludes that in the SOA world businesses must learn to "collaborate or die." Companies must create a network of business partners using what McKendrick calls "Big SOA." News
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Here comes Ajax on Rails
Moving toward a convergence of Ajax development with Ruby on Rails, Aptana Inc. is including the Ruby Development Team project in its IDE for Ajax developers. Aptana recently announced it is also incorporating the RadRails IDE project into its develo... News