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- Why Google released Closure Tools
- another nail in M$ coffinIt seems Google is second to FSF to send M$ to its grave.You are an idiot....First of all did you even read the article...Not only the article makes no senselike your idiotic rant aggainst MS but it contains several errors.AJAX is javascript and is not unique...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, tool, Rhino, JavaScript, Java, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Cloud computing and open source face-off
- Cloud computing and open source face-offThanks for the shout outI think your piece adds a lot to the discussion as well.Master Joe Says...Just two questions. The word proprietary is mentioned. Last time I checked, one of the biggest reasons that the open-source idiots, also known as OSI, complained...
- Tags: cloud business, open source, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Atlassian Embraces Open Social, Shows Strong Momentum at Summit
- The Atlassian Summit 09 has just concluded in San Francisco, kicking off a busy week for coders, with Sun's Java One also happening. The 6 minute video above, shot in dynamic wobble vision from my Flip UltraHD, is of a portion of CEO...
- Tags: Plug-in, Atlassian Summit 09, Mike Cannon-Brooke, Collaboration Component, Confluence 3 Confluence, Kap IT, Wiki, Collaboration, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Red Hat maps dispel some open source myths
- Red Hat maps dispel some open source mythsNot surprisedThis is for the best anyway. Who really wants to use Chinese software? Everything they make is inferior quality. Their software won't be any different.Americans and available "free time".Perhaps the big reason open source does well in the US...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., open source, software
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- SAP signs up for Open Cloud Manifesto: does anyone care?
- I was surprised when I saw that SAP had signed up for the Open Cloud Manifesto. Despite SAP's best endeavors, thousands of customers and code jocks, ABAP is not a standard in the same way that Java has become. If you know ABAP the only place you can take it...
- Tags: SAP AG, Open Cloud Manifesto, Programming Languages, Operational Planning, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- PPoPP 2009 Day 2: Are most programmers stupid?
- PPoPP 2009 Day 2: Are most programmers stupid?Yale Patt is being foolish.You cannot ignore the factors of time and money. In the real non-ideal world, their are many practical considerations that cannot be avoided.Most programmers are average, which may not be good enough for "Yale Patt" but it is...
- Tags: Development tools, programmer, PPoPP 2009 Day 2, Yale Patt
- Discussion threads 2009-02-20
- News to know: Mac at 25; Green storage; Android; Zune a misfit toy?
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know vi a email al ert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage . Christopher Dawson: The Intel convertible Classmate - 1:1 and beyond Adam O'Donnell: Will...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Storage, Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- Where will Java coders go now?
- In the end this may be an opportunity for Java projects outside Sun to get themselves some good committers and more control over Java's direction. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Harnessing a multicore future
- Harnessing a multicore futureThe Java Response?It is certainly going to be interesting to see how the Java community responds to the need to abstract away the complexities of parallel processing from programmers. If the community doesn't do it right, developers will be jumping ship like crazy to .Net.The desktopYour 10th...
- Tags: Processors, Games, CPU, multi-core, desktop, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Blood in the water and open source on the tracks
- Blood in the water and open source on the tracksConsolidationYou've noticed, then, that the number of banks has been decreasing. And that the survivors are able to make substantial profits.True of the software industry as well, as you imply. Smaller companies of value are likely to be bought...
- Tags: open source, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Start-up sues Google over e-mail switching tool
- Start-up sues Google over e-mail switching toolSo much for "do no evil"tisk tiskyou cant sign confidentiality statements with a company for a specific product, then create similiar code that works and say.. "i made this on my own". Bet google just buys this company.Prior art......Importing data from one email...
- Tags: thing people, tool, e-mail, Google Inc., prior art
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- ActiveX vulnerability haunts Creative Labs AutoUpdate engine
- ActiveX vulnerability haunts Creative Labs AutoUpdate enginePerhaps the practical solution......is to [i]not[/i] use ActiveX.No solution!? Stop using Active-X ntntthe title of this news is wrong because there's not a flaw in activexthe title of this news is wrong because there's not a flaw in activex technology, but in a particular...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Does IE7, ActiveX, Active-X, Creative Labs Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Tangerine 1.2 (Mac)
- Tangerine color management software provides graphic designers and creative professionals with a unique color workflow experience. Now you can have the color you want, when you want it, how you want it. Tangerine offers new and enhanced color support to OS X. Through integration with several leading graphics applications (Photoshop,...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Color, Rightside Response, Tangerine 1.2, Team Management, Desktops, Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-04-10
- Defending Java against Paul Murphy
- Defending Java against Paul MurphyA musician's mindObviously no musician created it. But did he or she hang around a radio station before throwing the logic in there?Sorry Mr. Carroll...... but I'll remind you that "What moved me to respond ... was what I consider to be an inaccurate portrayal...
- Tags: Programming languages, C/C++, SECURITY, Paul Murphy, Java, flaw, C, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- Is Java Windows for Unix?
- Is Java Windows for Unix?Amen brother!Java completely violates the Coupling/Cohesion rule of software quality. A "module" in Java consists of 5/6+ files containing interfaces, beans, functions, etc. This makes for low cohesion (BAD!). All of these files also need to be connected to each other plus those "frameworks". This introduces...
- Tags: Programming languages, window, Unix, Java, Ada
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- TopCoder: breaking the development cost rules
- TopCoder: breaking the development cost rulesThe downside to TopCoderHere's the problem with TopCoder: those guys working on those products-- they're not "top" coders. What they are is the guy who would do the best job for the least money. That said, what's "tops" about it? I...
- Tags: Programming languages, C/C++, Benefits, Development tools, Topcoder
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- 13 reasons IT hates metrics
- 13 reasons IT hates metricsYou Missed the Most Important Point...Management likes metrics because numbers on paper or PowerPointless makes it appear that they know what they're talking about, are meeting "goals" and showing "improvement". Unfortunately, IT metrics don't really measure anything meaningful. Take "Lines of Code" for example. On the...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for now
- The folks behind the open source community-developed operating system Ubuntu are alll excited about Ubuntu Mobile. They view this as a technology that can turn Mobile Internet Devices their CAPS into a "new class of computers." This will all happen, you see,...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mobile, Open Source, Skype Technologies S.A., Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Why is security usually an afterthought?
- Why is security usually an afterthought?Well, completely agreeIn the early 1980's, truly object-orientated programming languages became available for general use. With these, it is duck soup to code up and test very useful modules that you can just plug in to provide safety actions.An example - a controlled String...
- Tags: security, SOP
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
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