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Microsoft to build an 'Emacs.Net' text editor

Microsoft to build an 'Emacs.Net' text editorIts a terminal-based multifunction text editorI think it is going to be advanced text editor which is extendable.What Microsoft really lack is a decent text editor that can be run inside the four wall of the terminal console/Command Prompt. As sysadmin do more and...

Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Notepad, Emacs.Net, EMACS, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-31

Microsoft to build an 'Emacs.Net' text editor

Developers are puzzling over recent clues blogged by a few Microsoft employees regarding a new "Emacs.Net" tool the company is building. Microsoft's Connected Systems Division (the folks who developed the Windows Communication Framework, a k a "Indigo")  is hiring developers  to build a product that team member...

Tags: Editor, Microsoft Corp., Emacs.Net, Emacs, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Team Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Construction, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-31

What is your favorite desktop Linux application?

What is your favorite desktop Linux application?CadenceIn particular, the ICFB (integrated circuit front-to-back) design suite with Analog Workbench. Spend a good third of my time with it some weeks.Oh, not just another commercial *nix tech tool?Necessarily, then, it has to be [u]OpenOffice.org[/u] because I use [b]it[/b] to write the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Microsoft Outlook, EMACS, Linux, favorite desktop Linux application, desktop Linux application, desktop, desktop Linux

Discussion threads 2005-05-24

Apple adds Superdrive to eMac line

Apple adds Superdrive to eMac lineJust wait.....I can hear it now. The eMac is too expensive still. You can get a Dell, Gateway, eMachines etc for 499.00, 399.00, or 299.00 w/rebates of coarse. As for me I'd much rather be in Apples place than being just another...

Tags: Desktop publishing, Desktops, DVD, business department, Apple Inc., EMac, EMACS, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Mac Superdrive

Discussion threads 2004-04-13

Additional Resources

Komodo Edit (Windows) 5.2.2 (Windows)

Komodo Edit, based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, offers sophisticated support for all major scripting languages, including in-depth autocomplete and calltips, multi-language file support, syntax coloring and syntax checking, Vi emulation, Emacs key bindings. Komodo Edit is built on the Mozilla code base and is now licensed under the same...

Tags: GPL, ActiveState Tool Corp., Komodo Edit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons

Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...

Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Aquamacs Emacs 2.0preview3 (Mac)

Aquamacs is a Mac-like distribution of the powerful Emacs text editor. It looks and behaves like a Mac program - even though it's still GNU Emacs with all the extensibility that millions have come to appreciate.Emacs is a text editor of legendary power and configurability, but it also has an...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Text Editor, C, Apple Inc., David Reitter, Aquamacs, Programming Languages, C/C++, Scripting Languages, Desktops, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-28

iFixit: Disassembling the new MacBook unibody

Taking a lookI've one of last year's black MacBooks and have been extremely happy with it. The realignment of the laptop line, bringing back the 13" MacBook Pro and consigning the consumer MacBook to the under $1K polycarbonate model has seemed to be a good arrangement. If you're buying a...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, laptop computer, Apple MacBook, Firewire port, new MacBook, MACBOOKS, FireWire, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Epsilon 13.09 (Mac)

Lugaru's Epsilon Programmer's Editor is an advanced EMACS-style programmer's text editor for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OS/2 and DOS.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Lugaru Software Ltd., Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-16

IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft

Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Divide-and-conquer, netbook, Language Support, Debian, Canonical, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Epsilon 13.07 (Mac)

Lugaru's Epsilon Programmer's Editor is an advanced EMACS-style programmer's text editor for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OS/2 and DOS.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Lugaru Software Ltd., Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-21

Will Microsoft promise split the open source movement

Will Microsoft promise split the open source movementCan't change the spots on a Leopard's back.Besides, I just checked my NYS Driver's License for my date of birth--I wasn't born yesterday.So Linux Folks, don't touch Mono with a barge pole!Sorry Miguel, you are a creative spirit, but you've made your bed.Sleep...

Tags: .NET, Development tools, open source, Mono, Miguel, ECMA, open source movement, KDE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Zeus for Windows 3.97 (Windows)

A powerful text editor/integrated development environment. Features include Brief, Emacs, Epsilon keyboard mappings, project/workspace management, intellisensing, auto-completion, class browsing, configurable syntax colorizer (C/C++, C#, D, Java, Perl, PHP, Python etc), background compilation, unlimited undo/redo, tools support, macro scripting, and templates.Version 3.97 adds full support for the UFT8 and Unicode encodings....

Tags: Xidicone, Keyboards, Programming Languages, C#, Microsoft Windows, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, C/C++, Hardware, Peripherals, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-07-06

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture

This is the 41st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: BIT: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Roots (2) In its present form this commitment to publication and peer review, originally derived from the core academic and scientific approach giving rise to the science...

Tags: Noorda, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Taking notes on your Linux laptop

Taking notes on your Linux laptopNo, but certainly part of the MS enabled ecosystem.His post reads exactly as someone who is desperate to downplay Linux while espousing that the only "real" software is Windows based. Be a shame if any of those kids wanted to learn web technologies though,...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Taking Notes, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

ne - the nice editor 2.0.3 (Mac)

ne is a free (GPL'd) text editor based on the POSIX standard that runs we hope on almost any UN*X machine. ne is easy to use for the beginner, but powerful and fully configurable for the wizard, and most sparing in its resource usage. If you have the resources and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mneptok, Ne, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-02-22

Why people buy Windows

Why people buy WindowsCreating an economy, what went wrong, and what can be doneI became a contractor at a small outfit that sold Microsoft-based services 5 years ago. I saw a bit of what you're talking about. When I signed on I became some kind of registered Microsoft developer (I...

Tags: Operating systems, profit motive, Microsoft Windows, Unix, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Could Jobs' departure = good news for education?

Could Jobs' departure = good news for education?Affordable?There seems to be a re-definition of affordable all the time. When technology and PCs first showed up at education's doorstep, $2000 for a machine was acceptable. Then the continued push for lower and lower priced machines came and continues.There is a difference...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, ROI/TCO, Apple Inc., education, netbook, job

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

Do you use the "Windows" Key?

Do you use the "Windows" Key?I use it for making the shutdown menu appear in GnomeSystem - Preferences - Shortcuts....and give that key it's new function.However, the Windows key on the left is essential for Compiz, so if you're into that bling-bling stuff, you'll need it for that purpose.Can't Live...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Average Joe User, WINDOWS+L, keyboard, Windows Key, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

10 things Linux does better than OS X

Guest post via TechRepublic's 10 things blog. OS X is heralded for its friendliness, but it falls short in many other respects. Find out why Linux is superior in everything from flexibility to portability to cost. It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X...

Tags: Operating System, Machine, Mandriva Spring 2008, Linux Keyboard, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jack Wallen

Blog posts 2008-12-19