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| | Application Development Trends - Sybase expands developer network with Microsoft partnership |
 | | The platform vendors (BEA, IBM, Microsoft, and Sun, for example), and the major application vendors (such as Oracle, SAP, and Siebel) all are attempting to build and maintain a loyal community of developers this way. |
 | | "Developer networks are a very practical way of advancing your knowledge," says Patrick Enright, director of partner development at Sybase. |
 | | "With a developer network, you have the ability to interact in an immediate way with people who are actually doing the work, grab what they need, and take advantage of it. |
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