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PeopleSoft-delivered objects (objects provided by PeopleSoft, not custom-created) are marked with 'PPLSOFT' as the Last Updated By value. This identifies them as vendor-delivered rather than customer-created. PSOFT, VP1, PTDEMO, and PS are not the standard markers for delivered objects.

Erlang was created by Ericsson in 1986 to handle telecommunication systems. It was designed for high-availability, distributed, and concurrent systems. Ericsson developed it specifically to meet their telecommunications needs before releasing it as open source.

R++ was developed at Bell Labs as a research language. It was an extension of C++ designed to improve reliability and support programming by contract. Bell Labs has a history of creating influential programming languages including C and C++.

NewtonScript was developed by Apple Computer Inc for the Newton MessagePad personal digital assistant. It's a dynamic programming language designed to be easy to learn and efficient for handheld devices. Apple created it specifically for the Newton platform in the early 1990s.

X++ is the programming language used in Microsoft Dynamics AX (now Finance and Operations). It was developed by Microsoft Corporation specifically for their ERP platform. The language is similar to C++ and integrates with Microsoft's enterprise resource planning system.

Duet was a joint product from Microsoft and SAP that enabled integration between Microsoft Office and SAP business processes. It allowed users to interact with SAP data directly through Office applications. Option A is a distractor, while Options C and D incorrectly reference Dynamics or a fictitious 'SAP Surround' product.

Microsoft Surface (the original tabletop computer) was codenamed Milan during development. Mira was for smart display technology, Monaco was related to development tools, and Monad was the original name for PowerShell.

Netscape Communications created JavaScript in 1995. Microsoft was not involved in the initial development. Sun Microsystems created Java, not JavaScript. There was no consortium - this was a Netscape initiative led by Brendan Eich.

Macromedia coined the term Rich Internet Application (RIA) to describe applications that combined the reach of the web with the richness of desktop applications. Macromedia Flash was the primary platform for early RIAs before Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005.

ilogElixir (now IBM ILOG Elixir) is indeed an IBM product - a suite of professional data visualization components for Flex. It provides advanced charts, gauges, and other visualization tools. Adobe creates Flash/Flex, Yahoo is a different company, and Microsoft competes with Silverlight.

The US Air Force pioneered systematic usability work during World War II through human factors research, improving aircraft cockpit design to reduce pilot errors. This research laid foundations for modern usability practice. Apple, Microsoft, and IBM became usability leaders later in the computing era.

HoneyMonkeys was Microsoft's research project that actively sought out malicious websites by using virtual machines to detect exploits. While honeypots passively wait for attacks, HoneyMonkeys aggressively hunted for malware. Honeybees, HoneyHoney, and HoneyFix are not real Microsoft projects.

Interwoven was officially acquired by Autonomy Corporation in March 2009 for approximately $775 million. Autonamy is a misspelling, whereas OpenText acquired Autonomy's content management assets much later, and Oracle is an unrelated enterprise software competitor.

Interwoven was a content management system company. Vignette and OpenText were major competitors in the enterprise CMS and content management space during that era.