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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

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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

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

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

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

Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holes

[ UPDATE: nCircle Andrew Storms reports that the DNS client on the OSX 10.4.11 distribution still has not been patched.  ] Apple has shipped a Mac OS X security update with patches for at least 17 documented vulnerabilities, including a fix for the serious DNS...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Issue, Arbitrary Code Execution, Flaw, Application Termination, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Domain Names, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-31

More Microsoft 'Oslo' modeling details fall into place

While Microsoft isn't planning to provide testers with "Oslo" code until late October, the company did finally start putting some real meat on its software-modeling bones at the TechEd Developers Conference in Orlando this week. Until this week, Microsoft would say next-to-nothing about Oslo. Until the TechEd...

Tags: Repository, Oslo, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Web Services, Application Servers, Middleware, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-06-05

What's wrong at OpenSolaris

What's wrong at OpenSolarisAgreed as to gaols etcHowever.. look at junknstuff's response above to see how the MS community has chosen to interpret what's going on.Now ask yourself: wouldn't everyone - especially Sun - have been better off if Sun had spent the money bringing Linux along instead of...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Microsoft declares its modeling love with a new language, 'D'

A handful of Microsoft's top developers are working to create a new programming language, code-named "D," which will be at the heart of the Microsoft's push toward more intuitive software modeling. D is a key component of Microsoft's Oslo software-oriented architecture SOA technology and strategy. Microsoft outlined...

Tags: Oslo, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, D, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-05

News to know: OLPC lessons; 2008 in preview; Blu-ray on new MacBook Pro?

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Lessons Learned: Two weeks with the XO laptop. Gallery: The unboxing. Researcher: Sears' use of ComScore software falls short on privacy Robin Harris: Blu-ray option on new MacBook Pro Happy 2008: ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple MacBook, Blu-ray, One Laptop Per Child Project, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-01-02

News to know 2007: The final edition

It's New Year's eve and soon the beginning of another year in technology. At this point, I'm somewhat dislocated from the river of blogs and news. I've spent some of the holiday time observing eagles as they float above the river and feast on spawning salmon. But my attention is...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, River, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Storage, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-31

Mobile RIAs: Java, Apollo, and Silverlight's deathmatch? If so, what of Eclipse v. Netbeans?

Mobile RIAs: Java, Apollo, and Silverlight's deathmatch? If so, what of Eclipse v. Netbeans?HandicapsThere may be hordes of MS.NET developers, but that's not going to terribly impress their customers if it means limiting them to MS.NET clients -- they're a distinct minority there.Flash isn't quite that crippled, but it's still...

Tags: Java development tools, Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, mobile, Java, MS.NET, Sun NetBeans, Microsoft Silverlight, Eclipse, developer, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-14

JavaOne: Java SE to support Visual Basic

Graham Hamilton, VP and Fellow in the Java platform team at Sun Microsystems, talked about the future of Java SE in today's Sun general Technical session. In the same session Bill Shannon talked about Java EE 5, but I'll save that for another article.Graham: Here are the dates for the...

Tags: Java

Blog posts 2006-05-16

Can great software live in 130 kilobytes?

Can great software live in 130 kilobytes?Very, very good blogAnd a breath of fresh air in comparison to the controversial ones.I tried utorrent and was not only impressed, but also happy to see that there still exist people resisting today's Java and .NET hypes. I even tried compressing with upx...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, software

Discussion threads 2006-01-31

South Korea to decide Microsoft antitrust case

South Korea to decide Microsoft antitrust caseWhy wait a month follow the money updateThey are going to find Microsoft guilty. Not because Microsoft is guilty or not but because there is money to be collected from Bank Microsoft.Korea demands the removal of MS Paint and NotePad.ROFLMAOSouth Korea, . ....

Tags: Instant messaging, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., lawsuit

Discussion threads 2005-06-27

Can an open source project get acquired? One just did

Can an open source project get acquired? One just didNot the only oneLiveJournal is open source and was acquired as well.Not an open source projectI have no idea what kind of stuff ZDNet is being smoking lately, but sourceforge.net IS NOT AN OPEN SOURCE PROJECT.sourceforge.net is a repository or many...

Tags: sourceforge.net, LiveJournal, open source, JasperSoft, open-source product

Discussion threads 2005-04-25

You can never be too rich or too thin

You can never be too rich or too thinAnd half is too muchI won't believe the half of what Ballmer says! Your javascript arguement goes to the heart of what I've been saying all along - we have ENOUGH computer languages! Enough, is ENOUGH - but its probably TOO MUCH!...

Tags: Thin clients, Programming languages, Scripting languages, PC, thin client, programming, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-02-23

Oracle delivers simplified Java tools

Oracle delivers simplified Java toolsToo bad JDeveloper is a piece of garbage...You get exactly what you pay for - an overbloated piece of trash.Awful waste of time...The continued investment in Java tools in general and Oracle software in particular is too much for this CIO. Listen, I run a finely...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Java development tools, Programming languages, Enterprise software, Middleware, job, Oracle Corp., Java, tool, Oracle JDeveloper, Java tool

Discussion threads 2004-04-14

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