Software engineering [technology 1999 analysis and forecast]

摘要

More than ever, the nature of software engineering is determinednby standards, whether set by an organization or decided by thenmarketplace. So the ability to control and direct those standards'ndevelopment is seen by some companies as vital to their future. Witnessnthe battle being waged over Java, the software language that is firmlynestablishing object oriented technology as the cornerstone of the modernnnetworked enterprise. And witness, too, the way standards are beingntreated by those who create Web software