Guest Editorial

Computers Are Just Tools; Computer Science Is About People

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:00:00 EDT

In some sense computer science is like geometry. When the art of measuring crop fields was under development by the ancient Mediterranean’s it was most naturally coined geometry – literally meaning measurement of the Earth. Geometry was slowly developed by many scholars to solve a wide range of practical applications. This includes, but is certainly not limited to, forecasting expected crop yields, division of land into parcels, and even to build some of the Seven Wonders of the World as present in classical antiquity.

i-Technology Enters The Heterogeneous Zone

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:00:00 EST

When a company as Java-centric as Wily Technology launches its first .NET solution, the software development world takes notice. Now as a part of CA, Wily has just GA'd its flagship Introscope tool for .NET, and one of the reasons it has done so is that worldwide .NET adoption among professional developers is up 10% from last year to 43% (Internal Microsoft DevTracker survey, FY2005).

A Second Glance at SharePoint 2007 Features

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:30:00 EST

I have been guilty of underestimating the power of Features. It wasn't really until I started digging deep into the bowels of the new Features and Solutions system in SharePoint 2007 that I finally started to realize how pervasive this stuff is. At first glance, it's extremely easy to make a sweeping generalization that Features are just a simple ability to add 'stuff' in a couple of different locations throughout SharePoint. SharePoint actually does a really good job of hiding its own use of Features, which makes this misunderstanding all the more easy to make.