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W3C publishes WS-Policy as recommendation
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today published Web Services Policy (WS-Policy) 1.5 as a recommendation, the status at which the proposed standard is considered mature enough for implementation. W3C has commitments to implement WS-Policy 1.5 in s... News | 04 Sep 2007
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Java doomed?
Reports of Java's demise are greatly exaggerated, according to David Herron, Java SE quality guru and evangelist from Sun Microsystems Inc. He cites a survey indicating that Java is "the most frequently used applications programming language, with 40... News | 30 Aug 2007
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Microsoft OOXML seen advancing
Microsoft appears likely to win U.S. approval for its Office Open XML (OOXML) as it moves towards becoming an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard. This weekend is the deadline for the U.S. vote on the OOXML, which is the set... News | 29 Aug 2007
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Java versus Microsoft for SOA
Is Java gaining the edge over Microsoft .NET in SOA development as a recent survey indicates? Two industry analysts offer contrasting views. Article | 28 Aug 2007
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WCF is about SOA
The relationship between Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) is detailed in one of the chapters of "Learning WCF" by Michele Leroux Bustamante. "The folks at Microsoft are not too big on the topic of SOA - b... News | 27 Aug 2007
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IBM criticizes Microsoft SOA
Microsoft's approach to service-oriented architecture (SOA) is being criticized for being too Windows centric by Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive, IBM Software. "We're integrating everything. Microsoft is trying to provide conne... News | 08 Aug 2007
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Microsoft works on Ajax JavaScript tools
In a session at the recent Ajax Experience conference in San Francisco, Matt Gibbs, development manager in the UI Framework and Services team at Microsoft, discussed the company's approach to JavaScript-oriented development. JavaScript, of course is ... News | 06 Aug 2007
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Microsoft views Ajax/RIA in Silverlight
At the recent Ajax Experience conference in San Francisco, Matt Gibbs, a development manager at Microsoft, presented an overview of Silverlight, the company's framework for rich Internet application (RIA) development. He also offered comparisons betw... News | 02 Aug 2007
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Ozzie on the cloud
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie discussed the company's emerging Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) strategy at a recent briefing for financial analysts. He described a systems architecture that included layers known as the Cloud Infrastructur... News | 01 Aug 2007
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Ajax coders warned on browser workarounds
While it may be tempting for Ajax developers to code workarounds when they run into problems with a browser, it is not a good long-term solution, said Microsoft IE specialist Chris Wilson at The Ajax Experience Conference in San Francisco last week. ... News | 31 Jul 2007