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Rational Rose Solaris Evaluation (Rational Rose Evaluation Assembly V2003.06.00 for Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, 9)

Rational Rose is a model-driven development with the Unified Modeling Language UML, targeted for commercial software products and systems, including real-time, embedded, and other pervasive computing applications. It is fully-automated design-to-code translation for Java, C and C++. It automatically builds drivers, stubs, test harnesses and actual test scripts, optimized for...

Tags: Sun Solaris 2.6, IBM Rational Rose, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

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Scaring yourself and others

Hogwash!First of all, if you're paying for a static IP address, why did your ISP change it? Did the notify you prior to changing it? If not, they can get in deep trouble for that.Second, on today's hardware using virtualization causes little to no noticeable performance hit. ...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, Servers, VMware Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?

We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition

Installed only on IBMAt least, isn't that what wiped out OS/2?OS/2 was a great OS, but everyone heard about Windows through marketing and away the lemmings go. The interesting twist is that Apple's limited hardware base is still getting them more customers. Apple is starting to show up as...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, UNIX, Microsoft Windows 95, PC, operating system, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, IBM OS/2, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stage for the final keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 today - an afternoon session that followed lunch and got off to a rough start when Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan who was scheduled to speak after Ellison came on stage first and spent 45 minutes...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Ellison, Fusion, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Linux as Wintel parasite

You have some questionable ideas.If Microsoft hadn't happened, there still would have been the PC, there still would have been GUIs perhaps a more expensive IBM monopoly one, and there still would have been the opportunity for anyone such as Linus to write a free alternative.I think to even use...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Wintel, Linux, interrupt, parasite, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., hardware, Red Hat Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-09-26

OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The Time

OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The TimeWatch Out Microsoft: Coming at ya from all sides!Nobody can tell me otherwise, OpenSolaris is a thing of beauty--ZFS, ZFS Slider, Dtrace, Containers, GNOME Nimbus interface, xVM Hypervisor LDOMS, and new CrossBar Network Virtualization.There's some serious $hit going on here I wish were in...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, OpenSolaris, OpenSolaris 2009.06, software, Getting Better

Discussion threads 2009-06-07

A question about Linux

A question about LinuxHP retortThe longest in-use SysV UNIX today is ... HP-UX. In order to understand it, one needs to be free of Solaris bigotry. HP-UX and Solaris have 2 separate strategies - both at the kernel level and at the "OS application" level.HP tries to run "everything" though...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, HP IgniteUX, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-04-25

How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?

How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?Perhaps MS is showing its age a lot more than some of the users that are still using it are willing to admit.RE: How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?I'm a system administrator for a multi-business corporation, and I will definitely be...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, hardware, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;

Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;Bye, MySQL nt.RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;Its altogether different area and will not be very easy for Oracle to go thorugh entire integration process. I hope Oracle keeps its focus in what it does...

Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Now Let, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., hardware, Oracle-buys-Sun, hardware player, Java, MySQL, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

More on Sun vs. IBM

More on Sun vs. IBMRip Sun's head off and suck it's guts out!If this goes ahead It will be interesting to see what IBM retains. Adding SPARC to its x86/64 & POWER line up is not really viable. I was sorry when HP axed Alpha for sucky Itanic. Thanks Carly!...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sales force management, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

The IBM buys Sun Story

The IBM buys Sun StoryTruthIf Sun get "owned" by IBM than they brought it onthemselves. They let SPARC performance lag for yearsand did not listen to their customers. If they hadembraced open source and x86 earlier (circa 2000/1)than they would have turned the tide but there was alot of residual...

Tags: Corporate law, Investment, Servers, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., antitrust, stock

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense

IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes senseRE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes senseMs X Yahoo Version 3.0?Exciting!Wow! This sounds like a great combination. I hope it happens.I don't get it.Lots of blathering about open source, but the thing about open source is that...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., potential purchase, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense

IBM is reportedly in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for $6.5 billion and the deal is long overdue. The companies mesh on the open source software front, Sun is struggling and IBM can consolidate some server market share.  First, the headlines. The Wall Street Journal is reporting...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Matt Asay, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-18

MySQL vs PostgresSQL

MySQL vs PostgresSQLStability vs. AbilityUnsurprisingly, my reaction to this post is to relate it back to what we were discussing about competition and the "evolution" of software in the previous Talkback.Murph, I think you're arguing at cross purposes here. Elsewhere you argue that competition is good because otherwise we'd all...

Tags: Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., MySQL, developer

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Some general considerations for small systems change

Some general considerations for small systems changeIOW you need an architectNOT a CIO or management drone. NOT a vendor rep. NOT your average sysadmin. NOT the customer/user. Not from one group while ignoring another.Of course, this never happens. There usually IS an architect, but he is brought in AFTER the...

Tags: Processors, Servers, Sun Sparc, SAP AG, V210, V20z, Intel x86

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Upgrading older systems

Upgrading older systemseBay "support"At FORD, we had many legacy machines in differing states of "decay". One was a NVH (Noice/Vehicle Harmonics) platform - which consisted of a specialty input card (ISA bus?) that connected hundreds of different sensors on a vehicle to check noise levels. A new card was pretty...

Tags: T5440, P550, Sun Microsystems Inc., P690, older system, Upgrading, Ford Motor Co., eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

“Security” issues

“Security” issuesPoor programming and poor programmers.Software producers have convinced everyone it is the nature of software to have security problems. Why has the world bought that scenario? I still say that software companies need to be held financially accountable for the damages their software causes its users. Microsoft should have...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, security, SunOS 5.10

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

Working at 99% CPU utilization

Working at 99% CPU utilizationBravo ...... and thanks for having the guts to say it ...LudoThe other side of the coinConsolidation does NOT have to rely on Virtualization. If you have a database that is high utilization during working hours - and another one that is used by overseas clients...

Tags: Processors, cloud computing, Servers, CPU utilization, CPU, virtualization, server, Lpars

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Sun posts $1.67 billion loss on write-off

updated: Sun Microsystems reported a loss for the first quarter of its fiscal 2009 year of $1.67 billion, or $2.24 per share, on revenue for $2.99 billion, down from $3.22 billion for the first quarter of 2008 statement. The loss was largely attributed to the write off of a $1.44...

Tags: Writeoff, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Performance Management, Sun Solaris, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-30