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The Third Order of Order
I'm thoroughly enjoying David Wein berger's Everything Is Miscell aneous (The Power of the New Digital
Testing Velocity Part 2 - Why do we test?
A couple weeks ago, I began a series on keeping your test suite fast and effective. I now am going
Aptana Jaxer: ser ver-side Ajax
Aptana released Jaxer: the first ever Ajax server... you got that right, ser ver-side Ajax ... the co
App Engine and Java
The world is now split into Python pro grammers, making funny 'Goo' noises over App Engine, and every
GoogleAppE ngine -Not Delivering On the Promise So Far
Well, if you haven't heard of it yet, Google launched something called "Google App Engine", a highly
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GoogleAppEngine -Not Delivering On the Promise So Far
Well, if you haven't heard of it yet, Google launched something called "Google App Engine", a highly available, highly scalable, complete stack for deploying and hosting web applications. It "sorta" competes against Amazon's EC2.
Announcing a $50K Venture Fund With Microsoft
This is a little premature, but the deal is done. Following the core tenets that I believe this venture fund should operate, I'm "un-announcing" a $50K fund with Microsoft here in a web 2.0 way. The official PR/press will follow in the next month or
Will Rich Internet Become Rich Man's Internet?
The Web is one of the most important technological as well as social/cultural developments in our life. Its global impact is rooted in its openness and its capability to evolve on a democratic basis. However, I have concerns. I'm concerned about th
OpenAjax F2F Meeting at NYC
The F2F meeting of OpenAjax Alliance at NYC on March 21st worked out really well in my oppinion. The discussions around Ajax Runtime wish list (http://www.openajax.org/runtime/wiki/Main_Page) were fantastic. It looks to me that we are seeing some goo
Possible Solutions to Web Security Issues
Security is a big issue that needs a lot of attention from the industry: cross site scripting, lack of security sandbox, cross site request forgery, mashup security, etc. are all major challenges facing us. In the Web 2.0 world, these issues are jus
A Study of Ajax Performance Issues
There are various concerns about Ajax performance. Some people blame JavaScript and some people blame the browsers. What is the reality? This article presents a study and analysis of the various Ajax performance issues. For example, what are the co
The Common Culture Root of Web 2.0 and Barack Obama
What is the reason for this Obama phenomenon? Why is it happening now, not ten years ago or four years ago, but at this particular moment of history? Likewise, similar questions can be asked: What is the reason for this “Web 2.0” phenomenon? Why now
Programmatic DOM Node Manipulation on IE
Programmatic DOM node manipulation is actually not straightforward, given that Internet Explorer has so many unique DOM behaviors. I ran into quite a few issues recently when I was playing with Dojo Toolkit. I didn’t find a thorough answer to my ques
The Misleading "Business vs. Technology" Argument - Tips for Startups
In this high tech industry, one of the most misunderstood and potentially misleading conventional wisdom about startups is the separation of "business side" and "technical side" and "technical people should listen to the business people". Such teach
Ajax Coding - Is This a Little Too Much Hack for Prototype.js?
Prototype.js is a popular Ajax toolkit for web developers. I have enjoyed using it despite the complains I heard from people about how Prototype.js does too much JavaScript hacking that breaks other people's code. I tend to brush such complains aside
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Oracle Goes After Salesforce
CRM News Desk wrote: Oracle zeroed in on Salesforce.com the other day when it rolled out the latest version of Siebel's rechristened on-demand software, now called Oracle CRM On Demand 15 and targeted up to run on Blackberries with fashionable social networking and collaborat...
Doesn't Oracle Have Its Own Virtualization Scheme?
Oracle News Desk wrote: Doesn't Oracle have its own virtualization scheme? Isn't it Xen? Well, Oracle's soon-to-be takeover, BEA - the feds just okayed the merger - said Wednesday that it had teamed with VMware to deliver Java virtualization to the enterprise.
Saleforce.com for Sale to Oracle at $75 a Share!
Adam wrote: Maureen, You're a week late on the story and your title is misleading. This is a rumor that was started last weekend, possibly to drive up Salesforce.com stock. The rumor was never confirmed and Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) did increase in value somewhere in the ran...
Oracle BEA - TIBCO Next?
TIBCO News Desk wrote: With BEA gone to Oracle, the speculators have turned to TIBCO Software, figuring the smaller middleware company is likely to be swallowed by some bigger fish. Its stock shot up better than 11% on the news that Oracle was buying BEA. Its market cap is $1.4 billion.
Sun Buys MySQL, Gets Oracle for an Enemy
Sun News Desk wrote: Sun, Oracle's sometimes best friend, turned into an Oracle competitor this morning when it said it was buying MySQL, the open source database that's part of the famous LAMP stack.
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Web 2.0 Is Fundamentally About Empowering People
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Why Do 'Cool Kids' Choose Ruby or PHP to Build Websites Instead of Java?
Here is a question that I have been pondering on and off for quite a while: Why do 'cool kids' choos
Oracle's Sales Don't Cut It
Oracle, the center of much Wall Street anticipation this week, came in $100 million and change shy o
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Oracle Releases Clusterware for Oracle Linux Support Customers
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The Grand Convergence: Web + RIA + Widgets + Client/Server
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