- Wed Feb 18 2004 Sun, Big Blue reach out to developers
Selected companies line up for a peek at Sun's Java Studio Creator tool, a forerunner to wider beta testing in March, as IBM releases evaluation packages for its Eclipse-based consolidated tools.
- Mon May 19 2003 IBM's Rational cooks up Java plan
A new Java development tool, the fruit of the recently integrated Rational software division, promises to make it easier for programmers to build custom business applications.
- Thu Jul 15 2004 Sun mulls an open-source Java server
The Java creator says it is considering an open-source model for its Java Enterprise System.
- Wed Sep 24 2003 IBM, JBoss eye new Java plan
Big Blue and open-source Java software company JBoss Group are mulling a Java standardization effort aimed at countering the growing popularity of Microsoft's C# language. - Mon Mar 25 2002 The problem: Industry bickering could stunt growth
special report Java supporters fear that the creation of products that differ from the Java standard may splinter the technology's developers.
- Mon Nov 25 2002 Commentary: An app server winner? Not yet
If BEA, IBM and Oracle don't buy development help soon, they risk losing application server customers to Sun, Microsoft and the open-source community.

