Software Development

Macromedia focuses on the enterprise

Rob Burgess and Kevin Lynch explain how MX is making Macromedia more attractive to app developers

Contivo unveils updated data modeling product

Spam war escalates

Windows users have a choice between questionable and effective ways to stop unwanted e-mail

Battling the bugs

Bug-free software was once considered unrealistic, but readers say it's time to raise expectations for vendors

Eclipse casts shadows

IBM-led consortium poses a challenge to Sun's stewardship of Java

Platforms briefs

Sun ONE sees light

United, we stand

UnitedLinux could be a contender, as long as its creators don't forgot their open-source roots

Multi, rack, or blade

The next wave of distributed computing will be guided not by fashion, but by necessity and technology

Tear down the wall

Microsoft's Iron Curtain approach to Java threatens to squelch innovation while everyone stands to lose

Much noise, little change

Microsoft's latest Commerce Server beefs up internationalization and analytics, but only leans toward .Net