I have started a forum on Internet Computing (thin client computing and applications/ Internet Operating System etc). that some of you may be interested in. ...
Some of you will have come across OpenWings in the J/JS and SOA Groups. For those of you who have not they have some very interesting architectural papers at ...
... have "real semantic meaning, so they're not just whiteboards," Oberg said. "Developers shouldn't be convinced that modeling is worth their time by 'it's...
IBM/Rational is not the only one out there - see Compuware (OptimalJ) and Interactive Objects (ArcStyler) as well. The OMG's Model Driven Architecture is...
From what I understand, OMG, looking for something to get their teeth into after CORBA (aging and brittle), dreamt up the whole UML/PIM/PSM scenario. Gervas ...
Well stricly speaking UML was out there first, but it was given to the OMG to look after. I had a good chat to OMG in September about UML and MDA, and get the...
The problem with the direction that the UML is heading, I'm referring to Model Driven Architecture (MDA), is that it is loosing it's value as a descriptive...
I think the MDA is the next step in allowing one to express the architecture in an useful abstract way. My only difficulty has been in not enough effort to...
... Perhaps this has something to do with it: '[...] Don Box [...] asked the roomful of developers "how many people have successfully deployed DCOM?" Nobody...
David, I was being needlessly provocative by using the terms "ageing and brittle" - you know far more about these things than I do, which is why I wanted to...
Jini/JavaSpaces is restricted to Java, CORBA and WebServices are not. I agree that WebServices may be a little more flexible (but not as opposed to brittle)...
Seán McGrath, who is a bit of an XML guru, has written the following article which explains why he is in love with it: The impotence of numbers By Sean...
<<META Group Analyst Thomas Murphy pointed out that the traditional, "waterfall" way of dividing application development among business analysts, architects,...
... user interface; WinFS, which is the new file system; and Indigo, which is the communications subsystem beneath it all. Indigo represents a major shift in...
As a "card carrying" physicist, I feel obliged to respond to this interesting discussion. I am writing this at 09:00 hrs on Monday, so forgive me. ... What do...
Well, David, that is a hugely impressive contribution for 9:00 a.m. on a Monday or any other time, come to that. The comparisons you make raise a very simple...
I think that is more appropriate and why most computer science departments are in the engineering schools of universities. Nothing wrong with engineering,...
Although I'm not a physicist, this was too juicy to stick to lurking as it has something to do with the work I'm doing right now. I have read Brian Greene's...
Analogies and metamorphisms aren't accurate, they should be used to "understand" (linking in our minds). But to believe there's a proof based on it opens up a...
As you know it is not my wont to hype products on Groups I run. However I must urge you to look at skype.com for free Internet telephony (point2point VoIP)....
... For me, size is relative. The small are the things one layer below the object model that you have for the current problem. As you add layers, then the...
<<The most important idea behind the On Demand Network and central to its design strategy is a concept known as The Singularity, the evolution of the Internet...
... Hi Gervas Ah you're a scotsman, excellent. We should look to convene the first meeting of the secret scottish world domination society asap in the new...
Neil, AS it so happens I live Down South at present. Your idea makes sense adn if anyone wants to set up physical meetings in the area,don't hesitate to let...
This essay: http://www.artima.com/intv/abstract.html contains some gems about the problems with distributed objects as an abstraction for distributed...
A couple of members of my Groups have asked me to found and run a Group on EII. Obviously I would be most gratified were you to join and contribute! Link...
<<1. What is TC - this `trusted computing' business? <The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is an alliance of Microsoft, Intel, IBM, HP and AMD which promotes a...
