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When will Microsoft admit the truth about software patents?

HERETIC !My patent is better than you patent!What a waste of resources!I couldn't agree with you more.Now for the sharks in the suits .... what are they to do if they have to keep their Lexus more than 6 months?Duh!I simply do not understand the warped reasoning that would make...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Protecting intellectual property, patent, software, Donald Knuth, Newton, software patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

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Textures 2.2.0b12 (Mac)

Textures is a programmable desktop publishing system for Macintosh. An interactive, integrated implementation of the TeX typesetting language, Textures is most commonly used for producing scientific articles and textbooks. Textures is also an extraordinary tool for fine typography, database and catalogue publishing and automated document production.TeX, the typesetting engine of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Language, Blue Sky Research, Textures, TeX, Desktop Publishing, Desktops, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-03

'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word

Well...It's kind of odd/fun/amusing that Microsoft after doing its big OOXML song and dance is being hoist on its own petard by a patent on custom XML.I do wonder if Microsoft in stumping up OOXML did much at all in the way of diligence with regard to patents on custom...

Tags: XML, Microsoft Corp., patent, Custom XML, Custom Inc., Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Software and business method patents take a hit

Software and business method patents take a hitIf you want to see technology take off...completely do away with patents and copyrights. Once you free new technology to be improved by all and not just its owner, technology will finally reach its potential.Good news for technology consultantsThe biggest winners from...

Tags: Patent Reform, software, patent

Discussion threads 2008-11-01

Literate programming

Literate programming*blink*Full time programers don't do this? I learned FORTRAN around 1980 and the text required "a structured and disciplined style." That may not be the same thing as "literate programming" but it seems close. I know I have a hard time getting statisticians to document their project specific analysis...

Tags: Development tools, programming, programmer

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

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

Bradley Kuhn rips Microsoft's patent pledge to shreds. But should we be surprised?

Bradley Kuhn rips Microsoft's patent pledge to shreds. But should we be surprised?FSF said there were violations.In fact they hired professionals to dig tghem out and they found 284 *possible* violations.Now, only a complete fool would thing that ALL 284 are without merit.Every open source supporter is going tosay that...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., patent, Open Source Risk Management, Novell Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2006-11-10

Erich Gamma: A pattern of success

Mention the name "Erich Gamma" and what comes to mind? Patterns? Unit Testing? Eclipse? In his relatively short career, Erich has had a profound impact on the way software is developed, earning him a spot among "The People Who Shape Technology". Patterns The concept of software design patterns really got...

Tags: Erich Gamma

Blog posts 2006-07-19

Blog on JavaDB sparks debate over thin clients, AJAX, and synch

Yesterday's posting regarding JavaDB (see JavaDB: An idea whose time has finally come) has sparked a glass-half-empty vs. glass-half-full debate between ZDNet reader Justin James and Sun's Francois Orsini that drags the idea of thin clients and AJAX-programming through the mud a bit. Whereas James sees little or...

Tags: JavaDB, AJAX

Blog posts 2006-05-02

JavaDB: An idea whose time has finally come?

JavaDB: An idea whose time has finally come?[i]"I agree. But, why don't thin clients have access to a lightweight file system today? Given that there are multiple incompatible filesystems out there and the royalties you have to pay for a very popular one, I'm saying JavaDB offers a unique opportunity...

Tags: Databases, Scripting languages, file system, AJAX, JavaDB, database, Web browser, thin client, Local Database

Discussion threads 2006-05-01

XeTeX 0.99 (Mac)

XeTeX is a TeX-based typesetting tool for Mac OS X, making use of Unicode together with AAT and OpenType font technologies. XeTeX is designed to provide a tool particularly suited to formatting long, structured documents, and supporting multilingual typesetting and complex non-Roman scripts. It merges the TeX typesetting system developed...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Font, XeTeX, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2005-12-07

Research money crunch in the U.S.

Research money crunch in the U.S.Sadly, makes sense...Why invest in something you know will just be shipped overseas.I have gone on about a The Decline of America for sometime now.I've spoken about the rise of other nations/economies such as India and China.I've gone on about the WalMart economy and it's...

Tags: Research & Development, R&D

Discussion threads 2005-11-08

Resurrection Time?

Sun has a large group led by Guy Steele working on a language called "Fortress" -something they describe as "Java for scientists, Java for the programmers of a peta-scale supercomputer." Java started out as a hardware abstraction layer for set top TV boxes aimed at using the TV to provide...

Tags: Java, APL

Blog posts 2005-08-25

Microsoft to dump Longhorn, license MacOS X

Microsoft to dump Longhorn, license MacOS XMicrosoft *HAS* adopted GPLhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sfu/productinfo/features/[i]Powerful SDK Use the software development kit SDK, which supports more than 1,900 UNIX APIs and migration tools (conforming to the IEEE 1003.1-1990 standard), such as make, rcs, yacc, lex, cc, c89, nm, strip,[/i][b] gbd, as well as the gcc, g++,...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, GNU, SFU, GNU Project, Interix

Discussion threads 2005-06-05

OzTeX 5.2 (Mac)

OzTeX is a Mac implementation of Donald Knuth's TeX typesetting system. TeX is mainly used in the academic community for the production of theses, papers and books, or wherever high-quality output is desired. It is particularly good at typesetting mathematics. OzTeX includes all the popular formats and macro packages. Plain...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PostScript, Andrew Trevorrow, OzTeX, TeX, OzTeX Application, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2004-08-19

ComputerModern 1.1 (Mac)

ComputerModern is a collection of nine fonts based on the Computer Modern family originally designed by Professor Donald Knuth for his TeX typesetting language. It includes standard Macintosh versions of ComputerModern Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Slant, Caps, Bold Caps, Sans, and Bold Sans. ComputerModern Sans resembles Gill Sans more...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Font, Selwyn Hollis, ComputerModern, ComputerModern Sans, Demo Version, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 1998-08-10

FauxTeX 1.1 (Mac)

FauxTeX is a collection of three fonts that can be used to create a range of mathematical expressions, from the simple to the moderately complex. The fonts are based on the Computer Modern family, which was originally designed by Professor Donald Knuth for his TeX typesetting language. Cymbol serves as...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Alphabet, Font, Selwyn Hollis, FauxTeX, Cymbol, MathMode, KahoeTech

Software downloads 1998-08-07