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IBM B2B tech goes open source

IBM is giving the open-source community a Java technology that will allow businesses to connect to a giant online directory for conducting e-commerce transactions.IBM is donating the software code for a Java application programming interface (API), or a set of instructions, that connects businesses to a giant online "Yellow Pages" created by Microsoft and IBM.

Written by ZDNET Editors, Contributor Jan. 24, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. PT

IBM is giving the open-source community a Java technology that will allow businesses to connect to a giant online directory for conducting e-commerce transactions. IBM is donating the software code for a Java application programming interface (API), or a set of instructions, that connects businesses to a giant online "Yellow Pages" created by Microsoft and IBM. Full story to follow. --Wylie Wong, Special to ZDNet News

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