EBay chooses I.B.M. Net software as cornerstone technology

Article Abstract:

EBay Inc., the big, profitable and fast-growing online auction company, has chosen IBM's WebSphere Internet software as the building-block of its technology. EBay's software choice has to handle the challenges of independent purchases at high volume and the linked-transaction traffic that online bidding engenders. IBM's product was chosen over software from competitors BEA, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft.

On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext, Telegraph & other communications, New orders received, Internet software, Online services, Internet services, Contract agreement, eBay Inc.

---

In pursuit of computing's Holy Grail: a make-or-break assault on Intel's chip dominance bears its first fruit

Article Abstract:

Some 300 chip designers from IBM, Motorola Inc and Apple are working together in Austin, TX, in a project they have named Somerset. The Somerset project intends to develop a new chip standard that will rival market leader Intel Corp's microchips. The group's initial output is the Power PC chip, sample shipments of which began in May 1993. Apple has announced that it will use the chip in the one million machines it will introduce in 1994 while IBM will build workstations around it by the end of 1993. The Somerset project is working on three more generations of the chip to be ready by late 1993 or in 1994. Powerful chips, such as Intel's Pentium and the Power PC, will allow machines to integrate voice recognition, two-way communication and image transmission. Though the Power PC will have a price-performance advantage over the Pentium, Intel remains the standard-setter with its installed base of 100 million microcomputers worldwide.

Semiconductors and related devices, Electronic computers, Radio & TV communications equipment, Semiconductor industry, Product development, Integrated circuits, Microprocessor, CPUs (Central processing units), Processor architectures, Microprocessors, Integrated circuit fabrication, AAPL, Motorola Inc., MOT, Apple Inc., Competition, Cooperative Agreements, Processor Architecture, IBM PowerPC (Microprocessor)

---

Microsoft Eases Policy on Licensing Its Technology

Article Abstract:

Microsoft has decided to expand licensing of its operating system programs to allow competitor products to work better with its Windows programs. The company is trying to downplay its reputation as 'monopolist' in dominating operating system software that controls how most computers function. Sun Microsystems and Novell are two companies that have been trying to secure more technical information so that their OS software can interact better with Windows-based computers.

Software Publishers, Legal issues & crime, Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Alliances, partnerships, Licensing/Sales Agreements, Legal/Government Regulation, Company legal issue, Cases, Microsoft Corp., Operating system, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, Licensing agreements, Company licensing agreement, MSFT, Compatible hardware, Compatibility (Computers), Upward/downward compatibility, Compatible software, Forward compatibility, 64-bit operating system, 32-bit operating system

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Hong Kong phone company approves a takeover bid; but the final decision is up to shareholders. Quick sale of mobile stake in Hong Kong; deal pushes Telstra beyond Australia
• Abstracts: It's going to prove more than a difficult to escape from ABC's campaign for its fall lineup. Broadcast networks are pulling in record amounts of money
• Abstracts: High prices spurring oil and gas asset sales: Both buyers, sellers see timing as right. Gas pump prices to rise: analyst
• Abstracts: Poor markets, more competition mark fund managers' worst year. RT Capital advised to repair image, be open with customers
• Abstracts: It's still a plain gray box, but the innards are changing; one of the PC's major bottlenecks to faster performance is getting its first major overhaul in nearly a decade

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.