3 posts and columns on software developers

Isn’t There an App for That?

We need some angry nerds.

– Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain, writing in Technology Review about the need for users and software developers to rebel against closed app platforms like Apple, Google and Microsoft

Seven Questions for Doug Hauger, Head of Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform

in Enterprise on April 11, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

The man who runs Microsoft’s cloud explains how it’s different from other clouds out there, and how companies are using it not only to save on IT costs, but to do things they couldn’t do before.

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PayPal Woos Developers in Bid to Protect Its Turf

in News on November 3, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

EBay Inc.’s PayPal plans to unveil a new system that makes it easier for software developers to integrate the online payments system right into their programs–as the company takes new steps to protect its turf. With the new open software, called Paypal X, users won’t have to type their username and password into a separate PayPal Web site in order to complete a payment.