Eclipse Special: Bill Dudney on the Web Tools Project (SYS-CON)The Web Tools Project (WTP) consists of two major contributions, one from IBM and the other from ObjectWeb. The IBM contribution consists of pieces of their development tools for WebSphere while the ObjectWeb contribution is what was known as Lomboz. In this initial article, since Lomboz has great online documentation, Bill Dudney focuses on the IBM contribution.

Russia%27s Crashes and Chechnya %7C csmonitor.comTwo Russian passenger jets crashed within minutes of each other Tuesday night, one of them sending out a hijack or seizure signal just before crashing. This points strongly to terrorism - and potentially to separatist rebels in Russia's independence-minded province of Chechnya.

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InformationWeek %3E Future Of IT Workers %3E By The Book %3E August 16%2C 2004Declining computer-science enrollments should worry anyone interested in the future of the U.S. IT industry.

Perception has become reality. Enrollment at undergraduate computer-science programs peaked at the turn of the millennium, then plummeted in the past few years by 30%. "In the '90s, people saw computer science as a quick opportunity for lucrative, high-paying jobs," says Stuart Zweben, chair of Ohio State University's computer- and information-science department. "Then companies began layoffs, and people heard about offshore outsourcing. That got them scared to go into this field. Students are becoming cautious. They have cold feet."

InformationWeek > Open Source > Open Source Stress > August 9, 2004Anti-Linux forces have only begun to fight. Microsoft, for instance, has patents that it could use to trip up the open-source movement. And yet, the number of open-source projects is growing rapidly.

The Ins and Outs of Open-Source Licensing: "Recent moves by such companies as Sun Microsystems and Computer Associates to dip their toes into the world of open source have reawakened interest in how open-source software licenses work, and what benefits they bring to software companies�if any. "

Review: Java Desktop System Release 2 (SYS-CON): "Despite the rather 'rushed' feel to Release 2, the Sun Java Desktop System is slowly shaping up into a serious corporate competitor to Microsoft Windows, reckons Jerason Banes. 'Many managers will probably decide that they wish to stick with their Windows laptops for the time being, but they'll probably drool at the opportunity to replace the rest of their very expensive Windows infrastructure,' he says."

IBM to Release Java Database to Open-Source GroupIBM has bequeathed to the open-source movement something it desperately needs: a full-featured, enterprise-ready Java database.

The company on Tuesday announced it is releasing its Java-based Cloudscape database to the Apache Software Foundation.