Steve Gillmor

In the wake of Sun and Microsofts stunning settlement, Sun also announced the elevation of software chief Jonathan Schwartz to president and chief operating officer. In a conversation with eWEEKs Steve Gillmor, Schwartz talked about where the two companies are looking to collaborate. Whats the deal as to Microsofts Java Virtual Machine (JVM)? Is it […]

Dear Steve, I know this comes at a busy time, with you most likely distracted by the European situation. But I know that youre always open to feedback from the community and most of the press, and your popular Longhorn evangelist Robert Scoble has assured us that Microsoft execs are listening. So here goes. Steve, […]

The ideas behind Groove Networks are compelling. For Ray Ozzie, Groove was a reboot from the original precepts of Lotus Notes, which Ozzie architected before the Internet changed everything. Groove initially promised a “just works” philosophy with zero IT requirements; a secure, user-deployable architecture that distributed resources; and communications from centralized servers to the edge […]

Extensible Markup Language co-author Tim Bray has joined Sun Microsystems Inc. as technical director of the companys software group, reporting to Sun Software Chief Technology Officer John Fowler. Just a week after Sun Software chief Jonathan Schwartz revealed Suns move toward RSS(Really Simple Syndication), Bray discussed his charter at the intersection of RSS, XML and […]

Three years after Ray Ozzie resurfaced with Groove Networks Inc., hes back with a sweeping redesign of the Groove product and architecture. In a conversation with eWEEKs Steve Gillmor, Ozzie talks about Grooves role in the changing nature of work and information routing. What is your favorite feature of Groove 3? The notification features have […]

When Bill Gates talks about security, as he did before an audience of hard-core security pros at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco, the Microsoft chairman and chief software architect approaches the subject from—for him—a logical place: the center of his desktop. Its like the famous Saul Steinberg “New Yorker” cover: Windows, Office and […]

In an exclusive conversation with Sun Executive Vice President Jonathan Schwartz and eWEEK Contributing Editor Steve Gillmor, the software chief revealed Suns plans to adopt RSS (Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary) as a fundamental transport for developer communications and community building. Schwartz: Theres a broad scale realization within Sun Microsystems that communities are […]

My colleague Steven Vaughan-Nichols makes a good case for Sun Microsystems, Inc. open-sourcing Java. He votes with “an unequivocal yes” while at the same time acknowledging that chances are slim Sun will go along with IBMs kind offer to encourage Sun to do the right thing. But before we all join hands and go happily […]

Im pleased to announce the first eWEEK blog is now live at http://blog.ziffdavis.com/gillmor. Although Ive been posting pseudo-content via the content management system, this post represents the first micro-content unencumbered by CMS limitations. Please subscribe to the new RSS feed here. Well continue to operate the old Blogosphere feed for a few days until weve […]

As the convergence of digital devices accelerates, the boundaries between private and professional worlds are blurring. People access networks for various reasons—including work, entertainment, education and collaboration—and often for many of these reasons simultaneously. This time-slicing of life into fine-grained bursts of communication has benefited both employers and employees. Take the BlackBerry, for example. Although […]