July From the Pages Departments
EDITOR'S NOTE
C Family of Languages
Dwight Deugo
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
JAVA BUZZ
Philip J. Gill
J2EE Logjam Breaks as Sun Revises JCP; Metrowerks CodeWarrior Now Supports PersonalJava; Java Card Shipments Top 20 Million in 1999; PointBase Java DBMS Powers jCatalog; and more.
PRODUCT REVIEW
InstallShield Delivers Latest Installment
JavaEdition Version 3.02
Gábor Lipták
InstallShield JavaEdition 3.02 allows users to create a single Java installation that is consistent across multiple platforms. The product makes it easy to author installation programs by providing out-of-the-box functionality that should cover the needs of most developers.
REAL WORLD JAVA
An Unlikely Duo
Java and mainframe combination provide
benefits to Towers Perrin and its clients
Philip J. Gill
The combination of Java, a leading edge Internet technology, and an IBM mainframe, considered a technological dinosaur by many, doesn't often come to the mind for those developing Web-based applications. But such a combination worked for Towers Perrin Inc. when building a new benefits management and reporting system.
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