Given Microsoft Corp. s aggressive marketing techniques, many businesspeople may be led to believe that it is Microsoft or bust when it comes to computer applications and technology. And though the ...

COMMENTARY--Even as the battle between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems for developer mindshare goes into full swing, the line between competing development platforms is already starting to blur. That's ...

With highly expressive syntax that is easy to read, write, and maintain, dynamic programming languages like Python and Ruby are extremely conducive to rapid development. Microsoft and Sun Microsystems ...