John Lilly

John Lilly's Blog Interesting developments in the browser world lately. Between the new beta of IE8 and Google releasing the beta of their new browser (called “Chrome”), not to mention interesting work by the Mozilla team here as well, there’s as much happening as I can ever remember. Let’s start from there: more smart people thinking about ways to make the Web good for normal human beings is good, absolutely. Competition often results in innovation of one sort or another — in the browser you can see that this is true in spades this year, with huge Javascript performance increases, security process advances, and user interface breakthroughs. I’d expect that to continue now that Google has thrown their hat in the ring. It should come as no real surprise that Google has done something here — their business is the web, and they’ve got clear opinions on how things should... (more)

Open Integration and Security - XML firewalls provide ease of integration and security

The good news about XML and Web services is that they're easier than ever to develop and deploy - inside the firewall between internal applications, on the Internet with your customers and partners...anywhere. The superb new development tools from companies like Microsoft, BEA, IBM, and others, combined with the simplicity and openness of the standards, are providing real dividends to enterprises today. The examples are numerous: financial services companies outsourcing employee compensation, high-tech manufacturers integrating their supply chains, and global banks integrating t... (more)