The creator of the C++ programming language claims there has been a backlash against some of the newer programming languages such as Java and C#, with developers moving back to using C++.
Mandrakesoft released its Corporate Server 3.0 product in February. It's a significant upgrade to the older 2.1 edition. With a newer kernel and a competent GUI management utility for its services, Corporate Server 3.0 is a good, inexpensive choice for businesses that need a powerful and secure server operating system with as little overhead as possible.
In MySQL for Linux on POWER, Part 1 you will learn about the availability of MySQL Database Server for Linux. In MySQL for Linux on POWER, Part 2 develop apps for MySQL in PHP, Java, C/C++, Python, and Perl.
The next release of Java (Mustang) has some significant enhancements for desktop usage, including improved OS L&F, text anti-aliasing modes, more and improved graphics hardware usage, threading improvements, etc. Also, some long term bugs are fixed (like gray rectangle issue). See a full list and details.
A FreeBSD status report has been posted. Highlights for 5.4 include CARP support, Initial JDK 1.5.0 support, cpufreq(8), plus more. Highlights for 6.0 include OpenBSD pf v37 import, Proposed journalling support for UFS, IPv6 support fo IPFW, and more.
PalmOS users and developers have been having problems lately with the NVFS (Non Volatile File System) which has been included on recent PalmOne devices such as Tungsten T5, E2 and the Treo 650. Developer Zakai Hamilton has a solution to solve it for the future.
The CEO of Opera Software, Jon S. von Tetzchner, has promised he "will swim from Norway to the USA with only one stop-over for a cup of hot chocolate at his mother's house in his home country, Iceland" if the number of downloads passes 1 million by Saturday. Sure, we're falling for this cheap publicity stunt, just as they hoped we would. But I can't help but hope he ends up having to make good on his commitment.
Rob Enderle has an commentary at LinuxInsider discussing the effect Linux has had on Microsoft. An excerpt: "As I look at how Microsoft is changing to address the Linux threat, one that may actually turn out to be no more real then Netscape's was, I can't help but see how Microsoft has dramatically benefited from it -- and much more broadly so than they did from the rise of Netscape."
Microsoft's Jim Allchin says that the number one design goal for Longhorn has been:
"it just works." In other words, a lot of the fiddly, annoying tasks that computer users have become accustomed to (or never quite got the hang of) such as searching for files, defragmenting, changing network configurations, and tweaking security settings, will happen automatically.
A CIO Today editorial notes that security concerns are most often cited when IT managers consider a switch to Linux over Windows, but difficulty in replicating Microsoft Office functionality is a barrier. Why not use Macs? In addition to software-side security advantages, there are distinct security advantages to using a non-x86 platform as well. And you can still run Office.
Microsoft has taken alot of heat for the security issues that surround its Windows operating systems, but they should not be the only ones taken the heat for Windows security. There are other parties out there that deserve to shoulder some of the blame with Microsoft. This editorial, originally written for a Communication Security course, tries to take an objective view of who is exactly to blame for what in the perceive mess that is Windows security.
This is a response to the previous article on global menubars and why they are the preferred way to present menus as opposed to attaching them to floating windows.
Redmond moves ahead with its next version of Windows Server, which is still due to ship before the end of this year. Also, Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer has unveiled the beta version of Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) at this week’s Microsoft management summit in Las Vegas. In the meantime, Microsoft is to ship 32-bit & 64-bit versions of Longhorn server.
According to Tim Deal, a senior analyst with Technology Business Research in Hampton, N.H., Apple makes efforts to minimize compatibility problems between operating system upgrades. "It provides developers with a comprehensive set of tools that enables them to better create applications for each specific release of its operating system," he said. Also, Apple goes 64-bit with Tiger release of OS X.
"So the forces of existing userbase, the easiest-to-reach future userbase, cross-platform applications, and funded development efforts are strongly pulling GNOME 2 toward conservatism. I think GNOME 3 should be a fork for that reason". Read Havoc Pennington's blog entry regarding Gnome 3.
Significant performance, availability and feature enhancements make Solaris 10 an automatic choice for existing Sun customers. But as an alternative to Linux, it doesn’t yet deliver, says ZDNet.
The wave of migration to open source in business has the potential to cause a tremendous porting traffic jam as developers move the ever-pervasive Windows application to the Linux platform. In this three-part series, get a mapping guide, complete with examples, to ease your transition from Windows to Linux. Part 1 introduces processes and threads.
