Apple updates Bonjour for Windows
Recently renamed Rendezvous now known as Bonjour has been updated for Windows.
Bonjour enables computers and networkable printers to automatically configure themselves and begin communicating over a network without requiring IP addresses or domain name service (DNS) information. Its based on a technology called Zero-configuration networking.
The Bonjour for Windows software package includes a plug-in that enables Internet Explorer to discover advertised HTTP servers and a printer wizard that can help a Windows PC find Bonjour-networked printers.
Apple claims that since it first launched Bonjour in 2002, every major maker of network printers has adopted the protocol.
A Bonjour Software Developers Kit is available for Windows developers interested in implementing Bonjour in their own products.
The name change is the result of a copyright battle with Tibco Software who had been using the term Rendezvous since 1994 to describe its software that allows applications to share data over networks.
The Bonjour for Windows software package includes a plug-in that enables Internet Explorer to discover advertised HTTP servers and a printer wizard that can help a Windows PC find Bonjour-networked printers.
Apple claims that since it first launched Bonjour in 2002, every major maker of network printers has adopted the protocol.
A Bonjour Software Developers Kit is available for Windows developers interested in implementing Bonjour in their own products.
The name change is the result of a copyright battle with Tibco Software who had been using the term Rendezvous since 1994 to describe its software that allows applications to share data over networks.
