Stories by Paul Krill

IBM buzzing about Stinger database beta release

IBM on Monday began an open beta phase for the upcoming release of DB2 Universal Database, codenamed Stinger, which features ease of administration through autonomic computing technologies.

Embarcadero focuses on metadata in data life cycle tool

Embarcadero Technologies Corp. on Monday is announcing a June ship date for its ER/Studio 6.5 and ER/Studio Repository 3.0 data life cycle management tools, which are focused on enterprise metadata and dimensional modeling analysis.

JBoss's Fleury

The JBoss Group LLC is best-known as the provider of the JBoss open source application server, and it has also been known for having disagreements with Sun about licensing of Java test suites. But those disagreements were resolved in 2003. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill met with JBoss CEO and Founder Marc Fleury during the "J2EE 1.4 Kickoff Event" earlier this week in San Francisco to discuss the company and open source issues.

Software AG readies ESB play

Software AG plans to join the ESB (enterprise service bus) fray next month with the introduction of software to manage distributed Web services in the enterprise.

J2EE 1.5 previewed

Ease of development will be a core focus of J2EE 1.5, the follow-up to the much-heralded J2EE 1.4, a Sun Microsystems official said on Monday.

Compuware, Segue smooth out apps management

Compuware and Segue Software next week are bolstering their application management wares, with Compuware finding ways to boost performance without increasing a user's equipment expenses and Segue managing application quality.

JBoss ponders open source ESB

The JBoss Group LLC may offer an ESB under an open source format, with third-party software vendors able to offer ancillary products to boost the functionality of the ESB, JBoss CEO and Founder Mark Fleury said on Monday.

NetBeans 3.6 IDE released

NetBeansIDE 3.6, a major revision to the open source platform, is now available, adding improved windowing and debugging and backing for J2EE 1.4.

Microsoft: Open source not cheaper

By selling software through the traditional commercial model, Microsoft has been seen in some circles as the odd man out when it comes to the popular open source movement. But the company argues that it has a place in the open source model and that open source does not necessarily mean less expensive than Windows. At the recent Open Source Business Conference, Paul Krill met with Jason Matusow, manager of Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative program, to discuss Shared Source, Linux, and Windows.

Web development tool gets Linux boost

Innoopract Informationssysteme GmbHon Tuesday will ship a version of its W4T (Worldwide Web Windowing Toolkit) Eclipse Plug-In development tool that adds Linux as a development platform.

IBM Jazz-ing up collaboration

IBM is working on a research project pertaining to collaborative development, called Jazz, which is focused on the notion of presence, said Grady Booch, an IBM Fellow.

Legislation may be needed to fix open source IP issues

SAN FRANCISCO (03/18/2004) - Legislative remedies may be needed to address the murky issues over intellectual property that have arisen out of The SCO Group Inc.'s lawsuit against IBM Corp., an attorney said during the Open Source Business Conference 2004 event here on Wednesday.

Lane hails services-based software, open source

In a wide-ranging talk about the fate of the software industry, Ray Lane, former Oracle president and COO and now a venture capitalist, stressed that the industry is maturing to become a service-oriented business.

Microsoft embraces open source - with reservations

Microsoft recognizes the benefits of open source but is not prepared to turn over its crown-jewel Windows operating system to the paradigm, according to a Microsoft official speaking at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.

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