========================================================= ----- PETER COFFEE'S ENTERPRISE IT ADVANTAGE ----- ========================================================= A weekly newsletter from eWEEK Technology Editor Peter Coffee focused on application development and technologies at the cutting edge of enterprise-class computing.
========================================================= Sponsored by IBM Get a Complimentary ebook, Conquering Information Chaos Is your data neat and accessible, or taking up space? IBM Content Management solutions can help your mid-sized business manage all types of data, in multiple environments. Learn how with your complimentary ebook: Get it now at http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1114-6-7-214274-126250-1 ========================================================= September 20, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= PETER COFFEE: Fine-Tuned to a Fault? EWEEK NEWS: 1. News: Longhorn Changes May Affect Microsoft's Tools Strategy 2. News: Macromedia Ships Flash Player 7 for Solaris 3. Review: Solaris 10 Shines 4. Review: System Architect Gracefully Turns '10' 5. Wong: BEA Still Has Vision ========================================================= PETER COFFEE ========================================================= Fine-Tuned to a Fault? Developers face changing trade-offs between "customized" and "compatible" by Peter Coffee It's getting much easier to tailor an application's platform to the specific tasks of the target user. Ironically, such long-sought customization may no longer be a good idea. What got me thinking about this possible paradox was a pair of news stories that praised almost opposite approaches to enabling device-oriented application developers. In one case, this past summer, Microsoft was announcing new customization opportunities for its Windows CE platform. Licensees for that embedded operating system were granted access to substantial portions of its source code: they're not merely allowed, but encouraged to derive and ship customized versions of the system kernel, GUIs, file system, device drivers and Web server. Read the rest of Peter's column here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1114-6-7-214274-126253-1 ========================================================= EWEEK NEWS ========================================================= 1. News: Longhorn Changes May Affect Microsoft's Tools Strategy The Longhorn time frame is putting in question two significant development efforts. Find out how this could impact the company's tool strategy. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1114-6-7-214274-126256-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Macromedia Ships Flash Player 7 for Solaris The latest version features SOAP support for Web services connectivity. Get the details on all the new features. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1114-6-7-214274-126259-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Review: Solaris 10 Shines Early tests reveal it's a much more attractive option for enterprises than previous versions--not only because of its increased functionality but also because of Sun's more inclusive platform strategy. Read the review here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1114-6-7-214274-126262-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Review: System Architect Gracefully Turns '10' With increased attention to security, automated aids for using emerging Web services standards, and valuable frameworks for assisting new users and customizing product capabilities, this update of Popkin's multimethod modeling and simulation tool addresses critical demands of enterprise systems professionals who are willing to live with a Windows-only solution. We have the full review. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1114-6-7-214274-126265-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Wong: BEA Still Has Vision In an interview with eWEEK, Wai Wong, BEA's newly appointed executive vice president, discusses the company's image as well as its future. 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