Darryl K. Taft

Sun Microsystems Inc. is pushing Java further into the Web services realm with a new version of its Java 2 Enterprise Edition under development. In addition, the company will broadly release this week a beta of its next-generation Java virtual machine for handhelds. J2EE 1.4, due later this year or early next year, will add […]

WASHINGTON—To what extent did alleged pressures from Microsoft Corp. deter PC makers from bundling Linux on desktops and servers? According to Michael Tiemann, chief technology officer at Red Hat Inc., the pressure had a lot to do with the lack of Linux penetration among OEMs. “It was as if a skunk had come into the […]

WASHINGTON—A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday warned the states that have not settled with Microsoft Corp. not try to stretch their complaints into a brand-new liability case. “I think that some of the areas the plaintiffs (are) starting to go into, there is going to be a problem,” said Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. “Youre taking […]

A year after Microsoft Corp. agreed to pay Sun Microsystems Inc. $20 million to settle a lawsuit over Microsofts licensing of Java, Sun is taking another shot at the Redmond, Wash., software maker. In a suit filed this month, Sun is seeking more than $1 billion and asking that Microsoft distribute the Java Runtime Environment […]

Pramati Technologies wants to give developers a lower-cost alternative to application servers offered by major vendors such as BEA Systems Inc. and IBM. The Hyderabad, India, company last week rolled out its Pramati Server 3.0 application server and Pramati Studio 3.0 IDE, which officials said bring the latest standard technologies to users looking for an […]

WASHINGTON—In the opening salvo of what could be an eight-week court-room battle, the lead lawyer for the states that had not signed onto the antitrust settlement between Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Department of Justice laid out nearly a dozen proposals designed to keep the software giant from exercising its operating-system monopoly powers. On Monday […]

WASHINGTON—Attorneys for Microsoft Corp. and the states that have yet to settle with the software giant on Monday presented opposing views on the companys history and remedies that should be crafted to prevent it from abusing its monopolistic power. While the states want to stretch the case and tailor remedies to Microsofts behavior in markets […]

Compuware Corp. on Tuesday filed suit against IBM claiming Big Blue illegally used Compuwares source code and that IBM used its monopoly power to unlawfully compete in the market for mainframe software tools. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Michigan, alleges anti-competitive practices and unlawful tying on IBMs part in violation of […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is getting a mixed reaction from developers about the companys lawsuit filed last week against Microsoft Corp. Many developers say it is too late for Sun to see any remedy to its claims. “I think its absolutely ridiculous,” said Chris Sells, CEO of Sells Brothers Inc., a Beaverton, Ore., Web services company. […]

Once the domain of scientists and academics, major vendors are beginning to view grid computing as a potentially integral part of their Web services strategy. Late last month, Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM announced initiatives to meld grid computing technology with their Web services. Now Microsoft Corp. has joined the ranks of major vendors supporting […]