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Editorials

This page collects a set of editorials published during 1997 and 1999, describing important developments in Eiffel and the evolution of the IT industry. More recent events are covered elsewhere in this site.

22 August 1999: The buggy-software epidemic.

7 January 1999: Challenges and promises of component-based development.

13 November 1998: Metrics for object-oriented development.

10 May 1998: Trusted components for the software industry.

29 April 1998: IT skills drought worsens.

5 February 1998: Object Magazine asks: Can Eiffel Topple Java's Tower?

15 January 1998: The component combinator for enterprise applications.

7 January 1998: UML: The Positive Spin.

7 December 1997: Year 2000: Crisis or Opportunity?.

29 October 1997: Ariane 5's new launch is imminent.

6 October 1997: "Open", but I retain the trademark.

29 September 1997: Bertrand Meyer interview in Software Development magazine.

24 September 1997: The growing role of COM

24 September 1997: "Object" tool to become object-oriented

15 September 1997: Technical and business requirements on embedded systems

10 September 1997: The rise of non-tangible computing

2 September 1997: Oracle drops Sedona

6 August 1997: Microsoft declares war on Java portability

29 July 1997: Java portability in question