Covered vendors include Oracle, Sybase, Informix, IBM, SQL Server, and others. Topics include XML, wireless, and much more. This excerpt from the Oracle XML Handbook details the architecture of XSQL pages, the installation of the XSQL Servlet, and the creation of dynamic XML documents from SQL queries using Oracle 8i. InternetWeek Today, XML is the base protocol for sharing web data. However, new Internet standards are emerging daily.
New standards promise to simplify e-businesses.
If you are curious to know why Bill Gates predicts that the impact of the .Net platform will rival the introduction of the Windows operating system to the world way back in the '80s, click here. This is a high-level explanation of the Microsoft .Net strategy straight from the horse's mouth. Gates jawbones about XML, ASPs, and a new user interface, among other things. It's not quick read, but interesting if you've got the time and inclination. This loaded question was posted to columnist Jon Udell's newsgroup a week before he published this article.