William Cook's Fusings

I told my brother that Second Life is going to replace the current web in 10 to 15 years. There are many potential problems on the way, but ...

I just returned from ECOOP. It was great to reconnect with so many researchers from around the world. I saw Walter Olthoff for the first tim...

It really bugs me when people say " technology-X was not adopted because 1) there is a conspiracy against it, or 2) corporations are t...

I recently got into a little argument with Michi Henning about his article Rise and fall of CORBA . This is too bad, because we mostly agree...

I posted to a thread on Javalobby: Language Wars Redux - the imminent approach of LINQ (see page 4). Most people just don't seem to und...

I am hosting a panel on Objects and Databases at OOPSLA in Portland this year, on Oct 24th. Here is the working abstract: Java and C# have ...

Here's a better way to see what is going on for kids at Explore UT 2006. You can also view the official schedule .

I just got back from the ECOOP program committe meeting in Paris. The meeting went well, but the highlight of the trip was that I accidental...

Dr. Dobb's February issue has the article on Native Queries, listed on the main page: Native Queries for Persistent Objects By William ...

I visited db4objects in December. We had a good discussion on object databases and native queries. Here are some photos.

I am sad to say that my Alma Mater major department, Computer Science at Tulane, is being eliminated. I wonder how they can lay off tenured ...

A very nice review of db4objects and Native Queries by Jeff Brown . This was also picked up by TheServerSide ... we'll see if there is ...

Native queries discussed on TheServerSide . There was also an earlier discussion in the context of JDO .

POJQ: Plain Old Java Queries project approved by java.net. This is an open source implementation of Safe/Native queries, launched by Wes Bi...

Object Database Management Systems portal announced, which features Native Query paper.

I have had lots of problems clipping pictures. I am surprised that you have not been having problems with your pictures being inside a large...

Released Native Queries for Persistent Objects, A Design White Paper with Carl Rosenberger

When I defined Safe Queries for Java I thought that it might be an idea that could be applied relatively soon to solving real needs of indus...

ODBMS.ORG Launches Educational Portal on Object Databases High-Profile Experts Help Meet Growing Demand for Free Educational Resources on O...

We have released a preliminary interpreter for Orc, an Orchestration Language .