Topic: Software Development
RSS is the most successful application of XML to date. So why change a good thing? At the O'Reilly's 2006 Emerging Technology conference Tim Bray, Director of Web Technologies at Sun Microsystems, explains the why, how and what of the Atom web syndication format. Bray indicates that the current RSS format is troubled by technical issues, showing there is a need for a new syndication format. Bray outlines the technical and people problems currently associated with the RSS 2.0 specification, and the work that has gone into the creation of the Atom syndication format.
As we enter the next era of software, market leaders are faced with a dilemma. Early innovators can soon become victims of their own success, bound by the demands of a large customer base. Meanwhile, startups and upstarts gain the edge in the innovation space. In this talk, Mark Bregman shares his insights and Symantec's vision for maintaining leadership while driving innovation to face the challenges of Security 2.0.
Open-source database management software is in millions of hands. Find out how MySQL profitably blazed this trail, and how Kaj Arno of MySQL is helping define GPL 3.0, and how MySQL lives with the complexity of software patents and multiple storage engines. Kaj also discusses how MySQL both competes and cooperates with Oracle.
Flock is a new browser designed with the modern web in mind. In this talk, Bart Decrem demonstrates a variety of cool features which the Flock team hopes will transform web browsing from the static consumption of documents to more active participation in a shared stream of integrated services, bookmarks, tags and blogs. This new paradigm of social web browsing is likely to appeal to early adopters looking to immerse themselves in the new, social life of the web.
Outsourcing work to other countries presents challenges along with the obvious benefits. Companies must overcome time, cultural, and language differences to compete effectively. In this session of the Software 2006 conference David DeWalt, President of the EMC Software Group, talks about how his company has adapted to changing global business needs and what has gone into integrating traditional software business practices with open source software platforms such as Linux, PHP and MySQL.
Oracle has combined its existing database and application suites with many of its recent product acquisitions to create a new, unified platform called Fusion Architecture. In his keynote address at the Software 2006 conference, Thomas Kurian, VP of Development at Oracle, looks at the current trends in enterprise software and explains how Oracle is addressing them, with particular reference to Fusion.
Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy stated that everyone can be connected by six degrees of separation. In his presentation, Marcel den Hartog proposes that the software industry can be broken down into just three degrees of separation from the end user: databases, middleware, and the application. With open source becoming more important to the software industry, understanding the three layers will help a developer be more efficient.
As one of the oldest programming languages still in use today, Lisp has a rich history in computer science. This legacy sometimes obscures the fact that Lisp is also a mature, modern language with a lot of practical benefits. Programmers and anyone interested in the progress of computation will want to tune in as Phil Windley speaks with Peter Seibel, author of the best selling Practical Common Lisp, to answer the question, why Lisp?
Open source code bases, like the Mozilla engine, have been the drivers of innovation in the software development world. Erik van Eykelen of Voipster BV describes a tool which could be the new Mozilla for the realm of voice over IP. OpenZoep is an open source code base for VoIP that developers can use in their own projects to create new VoIP solutions or add VoIP to other applications, such as browsers, games, or desktop applications.
Microsoft's approach to software development may seem at odds with Open Source goals, but for those engaged in the company's Shared Source initiative, there is more common ground than you might think. For the past five years, Microsoft has been steadily increasing its connections with the open development community through active participation in dozens of projects on SourceForge.net. In this talk, Jason Matusow explains how the world's biggest proprietary software house has been striking the balance between community and commercialization.
