Talk:Third-party software component

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Why is there a link on Enterprise Java Beans

I never heard of an EJB distributed as 3rd party component. Did you mean [Java Beans|http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Beans/Beans1/software-components.html] as reusable software components? 217.91.144.108 (talk) 11:11, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Who is the second party?

A software developer writing its own programs, is the first party. And if he uses some code/libraries/programs from outside, its called third party. Who/What/Where is the second party? 212.91.246.21 10:04, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look at the second definition in wiktionary:third party.--194.138.18.131 (talk) 15:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]