IBM have released a developer edition of its WebSphere Java server software, the first preview of a major update to the software due later this year.
The Eclipse Foundation has released Eclipse PHP Development Tools, software that it hopes will open Eclipse up to the millions of PHP Web developers.
Business intelligence software specialist Business Objects will make a preview version of its Crystal Reports software available for the open source Eclipse development environment before the end of the year.
The Eclipse framework and 20 of its applications will be updated at the end of this week when Europa replaces Callisto.
In a move that has exposed a growing schism in the Java community, an Oracle proposal to bridge Java development tools moved ahead this week with approval from competing Java companies.
The latest and greatest version of the Oracle database, 11g Release 2, was made available recently and as the resident technical person, it fell to me to take it for a spin. Little did I realise the hell that I had just walked into.
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Competing players are trying to integrate Java development tools, in the face of well-organised competition from Microsoft.
James Gosling discusses Sun's decision to release Java under the General Public License, whether open source is more secure than proprietary software, how IT departments can cut development costs, and why Microsoft still owns the desktop.
What do you do when the heterogeneity of your IT infrastructure and your OS-specific legacy deployments are standing in the way of true progress?
Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard.
When it comes to IDEs, Java developers are almost spoiled for choice. Borland's latest version of JBuilder has a lot to offer for server-side and EJB development.
What does the sixth iteration of Borland's Java IDE have to offer? Web Editor Lamont Adams offers a rundown of JBuilder 6 features.
JavaScript has always suffered from a lack of development tools. But fortunately, help is on the way with the Antechinus JavaScript Editor.
Build with Dreamweaver 3 and Borland JBuilder 4 Enterprise, then fine-toon with WebTrends Log Analyzer.
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