As a result of customer complaints, Microsoft changed its SQL Server 2000 licensing terms to include a per-processor pricing option last year, said company officials. Customers of Microsoft's Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Datacenter operating systems say they're miffed by escalating capacity-based pricing. While Sun's beefed up J2EE specification addresses application integration, users and analysts say a lack of Web services support poses a problem. Despite slow progress selling vehicles online in the U.S., General Motors last week launched a joint venture with three Japanese automakers to sell cars over the Web in Japan. When crafting wireless applications, it's not just about development challenges.
Some problems are out of developers' hands.
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