java.net Weblogs by Philip BrittanWeblogs by Philip Brittan from Java.netFighting With Everyone- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Microsoft's campaign to take over the world is bringing it into conflict with a few people.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/799 The Battle Over Java- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Is the cold war between Sun and IBM over Java heating uphttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/775 Microsoft retrenches around fat clients- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Microsoft is leading a charge back to the desktop. Will the world followhttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/648 Confusion between grid and utility computing- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Widespread adoption still depends on the computer industry getting its definitions straight and clearing up the lingering customer confusion about these two related--but separate--concepts.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/622 Open Standards Definitions- (Found July 2, 2008 ) What do we mean by open standards anyhowhttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/582 Sun: Threatened by Standards- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Can 'standards' and 'standardization' be two unrelated conceptshttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/573 RAD Tool Let-down- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Rapid application development tools let you put together a great-looking mock-up of your app in no time, but often are of little use for the production version of your system. Visual GUI builders and data-aware controls are two such culprits.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/570 ROI of UI Technology- (Found July 2, 2008 ) There are three main factors that affect the return on investment of any user interface technology: ease of use of the application, ease of deployment and on-going maintenance, and ease of initial development.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/565 Embrace, Extend, Extinguish on the browser- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Is Microsoft ready to move onto the 'extinguish' phase with the Web browserhttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/550 Open Standards: Apps and Infrastructure- (Found July 2, 2008 ) One valuable capability of open standards is to let customers decouple application decisions from infrastructure choiceshttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/527 |