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Tim Bray, co-creator of XML and director of Web technologies at Sun Microsystems, talks to InfoWorld Senior Editor Neil McAllister about Sun's efforts to open its code
Code quality encouraged manufacturer to leave proprietary software behind
Readers react to a letter criticizing columnist Tom Yager’s fondness for Macs
The decision to forego proprietary software isn't always easy, but those who rise to the challenge can reap the rewards
Search company could face fine, civil suit, or both
Consider often-ignored factors to estimate your software project more accurately
Tools and techniques for ensuring an orderly shutdown of Web applications
Deal still pending agreement from shareholders, regulatory authorities
A Microsoft joke search engine allows people to search on personalities and one result that comes up is the following: "Gasping Bill Gates faints at local ball game after walking to concession stand"
You remember patterns don't you? They are defined by WikiPedia as: "A pattern is a form, template, or model (or, more abstractly, a set of rules) which can be used to make or to generate things or parts of a thing, especially if the things