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Check out subversion repositories with ViewVC

Vincent Danen introduces Web-based ViewVC, which is a Web-frontend to both subversion and Concurrent Versions System CVS. ViewVC is written in python and is extremely simple to install and use. Here are the basics.

Tags: Vincent Danen, Concurrent Versions System, Danen Consulting Services, ViewVC

Download resources 2009-02-09

Better SAS Programming Through Version Control

This paper expands upon concepts introduced in the SUGI31 paper "Version Control on the Cheap. A User-Friendly, Cost-Effective Revision Control System for SAS." Several examples specific to the Concurrent Versions System CVS are presented. Those concepts can be applied to other systems. The benefits of version control can be attained...

Tags: Concurrent Versions System, SAS Institute, Programming

White papers 2007-05-14

eSvn 0.6.8 (Mac)

eSvn is a GUI front end to subversion SVN, a version control system developed by the Tigris community of Open Source developers. For those who are familiar with Concurrent Versions System CVS, subversion is CVS without the wrinkles, complexity and inefficiency of CVS. Since eSvn is a front end application...

Tags: ATG, Apple Macintosh, Concurrent Versions System, eSvn

Software downloads 2005-06-05

Additional Resources

Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition

Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter EditionGood Move MSIt would have been a PR nightmare.The conspiracyIt makes me wonder if Microsoft announced the 3 app limit to the dismay of the tech elite so they could grip about it. Then from the 'feed-back' by the tech elite...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, netbook, three-app limit, Windows 7 Starter Edition, Windows 7 Starter, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Living with a netbook: The performance penalty

No one claims that netbooks can match the performance of laptops that cost hundreds or even thousands more. The real question is whether the performance of a netbook is good enough. Over the past few weeks, I've been doing some testing on five netbooks with 10-inch displays:...

Tags: Performance, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Microsoft Dynamics: solid customer stories, quietly confident

Last week I attended Microsoft's Convergence conference in Copenhagen. This is where Microsoft's business application customers tip up to hear what's new and get their annual infusion of feel goodness. While there was little by way of hard news other than it putting NAV2009 into general availability, customers seem happy...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Customer, Microsoft Corp., CRH, Corporate Communications, Retail, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware sued

Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware suedcombofix, smitfraudfix, etcI used all the usual tools to remove at least one incarnation of this s__tware, and it still kept coming back! Had to run the "uninstaller," then run smitfraudfix, then manually remove the folders and registry keys!All I can say is...Thank goodness...

Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, antivirus, Infamous vendor, AntiVirus XP

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Thinking about multicore and software

Informit.com recently ran a fascinating Andrew Binstock interview with Donald Knuth touching on some of the same topics we discuss here - programming methods, the value of open source, and the links between programming and hardware change. I want to get...

Tags: Software, Job, T2, Multi-core, Hardware, Multi-threading, Tim Bray, Open Source, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2

Once strictly the domain of software developers and QA engineers, personal and small-business virtualization products are now becoming an attractive solution for entry-level systems consolidation and foreign OS compatibility applications. These solutions run on host operating systems which do not require the overhead or usual high entry cost of professional...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Version, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., VMware Inc., Beta, Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 xVM VirtualBox, Linux Setup, VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2 VMWare Server 2.0, VMWare 2.0, Linux, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-21

The obligatory 'Victoria Falls' post

For those who don't know, Sun's new T2+ machines extend the T2's CMT capabilities across multiple units to produce 16 and 32 core SMP machines capable of handling 128 and 256 concurrent threads respectively. Sun blogger Denis Sheahan provides a good overview of the current dual...

Tags: T2, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Performance Opportunity, Network Technology, Networking, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Dell adds support for Ubuntu 7.10 and build-in DVD playback

Dell adds support for Ubuntu 7.10 and build-in DVD playbackDVD playback and Flash are steps in the right direction.Now if only Dell would get IT's installtion to playback ALL commonfile formats "out of the box" without the "we don't support that"BS that I encountered when I tried Ubuntu on my...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, open standard, OS community, DVD Playback, Dell Computer Corp., Linux, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 7.10, build-in

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

The T2 and media reaction

The UltraSPARC T2 announcements back on August 7th consisted of two separate stories. The first of these involved Sun's plan to sell it into the commodity processor market. Unfortunately almost nobody in the press understood either the announcement itself or where Sun's taking this, with the straight up treatment given...

Tags: Network technology, Processors, Paul Murphy, T2, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, UltraSparc T2

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Revisting Firefox retention rates

Revisting Firefox retention ratesFirefox Is The Star of Web BrowsersI love Firefox! My favorite add ons are no script and no squint. IE 7 doesn't even come close in terms of features, add-ons, or speed.There is no way I would ever go back to Internet Explorer.Why I...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, retention rate, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

What will next-generation multicore apps look like?

What will next-generation multicore apps look like?PLINQ Is Part of the Multi-Core StoryMicrosoft is staffing up its Parallel LINQ PLINQ development group to take advantage of multicore processors in handling LINQ expressions especially Group Join and Group By.Joe Duffy has more information and a set of PowerPoint slides about PLINQ,...

Tags: Joe Duffy, PLinq, multi-core, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, musing

Discussion threads 2007-07-30

Shadows over Linux

Shadows over LinuxSelf interest is a wonderful thingPeople tend to back whatever they have an investment in. Murph has a lot of time and history invested in Unix and Sun in particular. As a result, the last paragraph of the story could have been written as [i]"... an Us Vs...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Self-Interest, Sun Products, Murph, Unix, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Solaris, ZFS

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

SEES 1.6.1 (Windows)

SEES is a concurrent file collaboration and version system provides file sharing, editing by multiple users in a network. SEES provides safe file collaboration, automated version management and backup. SEES can be applied in any network easily, started directly. Safe backup and automated version management: When a user checks-in a...

Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, Eastbow Lab, Checked-in File, Backups

Software downloads 2007-04-19

Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.3 with Antivirus

Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.3 with Antivirus would seem like a powerful combination, given that McAfee, Norton, and Trend Micro all combine their antivirus and antispyware scans. And rather than build its own antivirus engine, Webroot has wisely partnered with top-rated U.K.-based Sophos Anti-Virus, which sells primarily to the enterprise market....

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spy Sweeper, antivirus, Webroot Software Inc., Spy Sweeper 5.3

Product reviews 2007-03-20

There will be no Linux Vista

There will be no Linux VistaTorvald's (and Linux's) attitude makes senseThe first rule of engineering is [i]"If it ain't broke then don't fix it"[/i]. It is a very good rule that too many developers ride roughshod over for idealogical reasons.In software development you just shouldn't throw away working code and...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, hardware, software

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

Vista Mythbusters #2: Dual-core and 64-bit support

Vista Mythbusters #2: Dual-core and 64-bit supportAnd, the biggest Vista myth of all??That there would be any reason for companies and individuals to use it, of course.Stay with XP for now and slowley reduce your dependency on Windows programs that are costing you lots of money, and of course all...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Processors, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, processor, Microsoft Windows, dual-core, 64-bit

Discussion threads 2006-09-05

Are security vendors prepared to deal with virtual machines? Probably not.

Are security vendors prepared to deal with virtual machines? Probably not.Trusted Computing GroupDon't they have an approach that would work?www.trustecomputinggroup.orgMicrosoft licensing is just fine, you're the one making a mistakeI can think of a dozen and one reasons why, even if the home user could come up with a good...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Network security, UNIX, Wi-Fi, virtual machine, security, Microsoft Windows, WPA

Discussion threads 2006-02-28