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Microsoft countersues Sun on Java licensing

Representatives of both companies discuss latest legal maneuver

Developers decry Sun-Microsoft war over Java

Java users speak out on maintaining dream of cross-platform app development

Microsoft and Sun post Java licensing contract on Web

Novell’s Schmidt sees Java as company’s future

At London briefing, company CEO/chairman discusses Java strategy

Sun hands off Java testing to outside lab

Java Compatibility Kit and IE 4.0 test results to go to independent body

Java Studio: For those who don’t want to write a line of code

Sun delivers Java authoring tool for non-programmers

Building platform-neutral Java: Which tool is best?

We compare Java Workshop 2.0, JBuilder 1.0, Visual Age for Java 1.0, and Visual Cafe for Java

Sun switches course with new Java chip

MicroJava 701 based on new core: will execute both Java and legacy code

Ultranet, the next network

A bleeding-edge federation of startup companies strives to reinvent the next-generation network

News and New Product Briefs (11/1/97)

Ensure the success — and completion — of your real-world Java apps

Realizing true business-critical apps requires a concerted, collaborative effort on the part of vendors, consultants, and customers. Here are 5 tips to help you achieve your goals

How to avoid potential pitfalls of Microsoft’s non-standard SDK for Java

Find out exactly which methods, classes, and variables have been added to, or omitted from, the key Java class libraries in Microsoft’s implementation of Java 1.1

Why we care about Java

Forces are at work to divide Java. The original and true purpose of the technology will carry Java through the current maelstrom of confusion and clutter

Demo or die! The quest for the killer app

An open call for keynote demo submissions for the 1998 JavaOne conference

News and New Product Briefs (10/15/97)

Sun rejects request to hand over Java

Microsoft, Compaq, Digital, and Intel submit letter of protest

JavaSoft responds to ISO community on standards issue

As part of formal standardization process, Sun addresses ISO comments and makes them available online

Sun’s plan B for Java standardization: change nothing

Company “cannot and will not surrender Java trademark”

Book Review: <em>Java for Business</em>

Find out if this book can help convince your company to use Java

CORBA meets Java

Learn to build a distributed Java applet that accesses server objects using CORBA

Liberté, fraternité… et Java?

Was it boredom or “FUD” that cleared Microsoft developers from room?

Caravelle throws lot in with Java in WebWatcher 5.0

Software monitoring tool for corporate Web sites gets Java makeover

Netscape plans include slimline JavaBeans-based client

Pared-down browser to compete with Microsoft

Java drills further into embedded OS arena

Sun signs licensing agreements with RTOS vendors for PersonalJava and EmbeddedJava

JavaSoft alters JDK schedule to ensure portability and lack of bugs

Version 1.2 due out in beta in October; final release of 2.0 postponed ’til ’98

Squabble over Java name brewing from Sun, Microsoft

Core problem is Redmond, WA-based company’s support for AFCs over JFCs

Oracle, Sun once again pitch Network Computing, Java

Ray Lane and Scott McNealy discuss thin client, Microsoft

Sun’s Zander reiterates importance of networks and Java

Through new platform, developers are encouraged to “change the rules”

Microsoft’s “Java Evangelist” responds to Java Lobby requests

Java Lobby angry over Microsoft’s apparent about-face.

Microsoft’s “Java Evangelist” responds to Java Lobby requests

Java Lobby angry over Microsoft’s perceived about-face

<em>JavaWorld</em> honors winners of Editors’ Choice Awards

Awards ceremony at Java Internet Business Expo attended by James Gosling, Arthur van Hoff, Karl Jacob, and other prominent people in the Java community

What does Sun’s lawsuit against Microsoft mean for Java developers?

Find out how Microsoft’s release of IE 4.0 and SDK for Java may affect you!

Internet Explorer under attack from two camps: Sun sues, and five states investigate Microsoft

News and New Product Briefs (10/01/97)

How to avoid potential pitfalls of Microsoft’s non-standard SDK for Java

Find out exactly which methods, classes, and variables have been added to, or omitted from, the key Java class libraries in Microsoft’s implementation of Java 1.1

Sun-Microsoft dispute gets ugly

Microsoft sued over Java in Internet Explorer and SDK

All over but the shouting?

The mainstream press handled the recent Microsoft and Apple partnership as a story about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. The real story is about the future of Java

News and New Product Briefs (9/15/97)

News and New Product Briefs (9/3/97)

The BeanBox: Sun’s JavaBeans test container

Learn how to use this valuable testing tool

Java game programming books: A comparative review

Find out if four titles on gaming are worth your time — and money

Java gives CA’s Masterpiece a new lease on life

Client/server version of app abandoned in favor of whole new interface

Internet Expo: Lotus’s Papows offers praise for Microsoft and its approach with Java

In keynote, company president promotes Java and object model interoperability

Sun’s JavaSpaces is foundation for future distributed systems

At Sun labs, plans are in the works to create a distributed operating system with global scalability

Sun to license Java for use in Webphones

Baratz predicts Java-based Webphones to exceed tens of millions annually

IBM launches beta of Java-based Host On-Demand

New tool allows access to data hosted on multiple enterprise servers

Marimba moves beyond Java to update apps

“UpdateNow” module lets company cast a wider language net

Sun, Netscape make Java browser plans

No, “Javagator” is not featured in Spielberg’s Lost World

Novell to launch Java-based initiatives

Java paves way to creating extended enterprise network, plus enables new distributed computing architecture

Microsoft, Sun sit side by side to discuss Java adoption issues

Panelists proclaim and proffer about Java’s future in the workplace