Software Development

Windows 2000 gets fourth service pack

Microsoft updates EULA

Into the mist of serialization myths

Performance myth: serialVersionUID improves Java serialization performance

Updated Eclipse toolkit shines

Eclipse SDK 2.1 leverages Java's strengths in IDE toolkit, but beware of too much expansion

Java Product News (updated June 27, 2003)

Inca X introduces IDE and runtime for Jini 2.0; Glue 4.1 now available; and more

Letters to the Editor

Java Tip 139: Ask the right questions in your survey application

Decouple survey content and logic for a faster, more cost-effective survey

Grid Forum: HP to give software to grid developers

Lack of management software is the biggest hurdle, HP CTO says

Web services ID management touted

Service Provisioning Markup Language will be demonstrated in July

Court: Microsoft not required to carry Sun’s Java

Appeals court also affirms earlier copyright violation ruling

Contract case could hurt reverse engineering

Supreme Court decided not to hear accused company's appeal