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Mac Death Match, Round One: Chaffin vs. Enderle

Submitted by Claudio 2004-05-08 Apple 190 Comments

MacNewsWorld presents a rumble in the Silicon Jungle -- May 7th through May 14th -- a six-round Mac Death Match in which Mac Observer editor-in-chief Bryan Chaffin and the always-controversial industry analyst Rob Enderle square off on today's key Mac issues.

ExtremeTech: Longhorn In-Depth

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-08 Windows 78 Comments

"This build did feel more solid overall and was a lot of fun to play with. But users will be looking for value beyond fun factor. If Microsoft can address some of the performance issues we've seen, then we'll feel much more bullish about Longhorn" writes ExtremeTech in their preview of Longhron.

Commentary: Why the markets still don’t trust Linux

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-08 Linux 75 Comments

Linux has only recently begun to regain credibility in the financial markets since its speculative debut. However, its licensing model, hefty competition, and lack of maturity still worry investors. Companies such as Red Hat, long past its 1999 speculative highs, are slowly gaining ground while other Linux companies, such as Linspire, are planning initial public offerings. Is Linux finally becoming a viable alternative to proprietary operating systems, or is this rise simply a byproduct of a mini-tech bubble?

OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-08 OpenBSD 11 Comments

OpenBSD celebrated release 3.5 on 1 May 2004. In honor of this release, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed the developers of OpenBSD's PF, a powerful and flexible packet filtering interface. This is the second half of an interview. Elsewhere, the DaemonNews Ezine was released with new articles.

A first look at Progeny Debian 2.0

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-08 Debian 18 Comments

Componentized Linux by Progeny is a new kind of Linux distribution, built as a set of interchangeable parts. The core component is an LSB 1.3 certified Linux runtime. LinuxCompatible takes a look at an earlier developer snapshot of Progeny Debian 2.0, the first Linux distro based on Componentized Linux.

VG.NET – Vector Graphics in .NET, Today

Submitted by Hacktivsmo 2004-05-07 .NET 28 Comments

VG.NET 1.7 has recently been released, offering a full-fledged, API-stable vector-graphics solution for .NET - not three years down the road and exclusively for Avalon, but available today, hosted on any .NET platform that supports GDI+ (VG.NET is 100% managed code).

Release Candidate for eComStation 1.2

Submitted by OS/2 User 2004-05-07 OS/2 34 Comments

The first Release Candidate (RC1) for eComStation 1.2 is currently in closed testing. Plans call for the release of 1.2 later this month. This would include Entry, Application Pack 1.2, Subscription Services products, and the Open Beta of Serenity Virtual Station.

The Xandros and KDE Connection

Submitted by Fabrice Mous 2004-05-07 Oracle and SUN 1 Comment

The Dot talked to Rick Berenstein, Xandros Chairman and CTO and Ming Poon,Vice President for Software Development about Xandros and their products and the relationship between Xandros and the KDE project.

HP Brings OpenVMS to the SuperDome

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-07 OS News 16 Comments

OpenVMS, Hewlett-Packard's high-end operating system, got its first European outing this week on the company's high-end Intel-based SuperDome server.

Sun Gives Early Peek at J2EE 1.5

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-07 Java No Comments

If Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 was about bringing Web services into the enterprise Java fold, then J2EE 1.5 is all about ease of development in the enterprise Java space.

SpecOps Lab’s David Screenshots

Submitted by Gsurface 2004-05-07 Linux 44 Comments

SpecOps Labs has sent Flexbeta a few screenshots of “David” in action. David is the codename for a middleware application that sits on top of Linux to enable it to run Windows applications. This is the first time that "David" has been shown to the public (which apparently is nothing but WINE, but SpecOps managed to make a lot of fuss in the media about this "new technology" without mentioning WINE).

Longhorn to Mozilla: Can’t We All Get Along?

Submitted by JediMoz 2004-05-07 Windows 75 Comments

From internetnews.com: "Microsoft's technology evangelist is offering "friendly" suggestions to Mozilla open source browser groups and calling for more discussion about how the two sides can benefit from upcoming enhancements in Longhorn, the next version of Windows." Read more at internetnews.com. Here's a really interesting excerpt from Robert Scoble's blog.

Intel Labs’ Natural Born Killer Technologies

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-07 Intel 46 Comments

Rob Enderle visits Intel's Lab to see what's cooking in the fab. And what he finds should give IBM and Apple reason to grab their torches and pitchforks, he claims.

Up Close with the Latest Longhorn Build

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-07 Windows 25 Comments

The next version of Windows is still several years away, but PC Magazine offers a sneak peek. Take a guided tour of the 4072 build of Longhorn from the disc handed to WinHEC attendees in Seattle. PCMag has a preview too. Also, Microsoft plans to release versions of Longhorn, for Itanium and 64-bit extended systems as well as a 32-bit edition, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

Highlights from Apple’s quarterly SEC filing

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-07 Apple 22 Comments

Apple filed its quarterly report (SEC form 10-Q) with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. In the filing, which is available as a 65-page PDF document, Apple discloses several details on net sales, its retail stores, job cuts, iTunes and more.

Not all will see Longhorn in 3D

Submitted by Tudy Parghel 2004-05-06 Windows 33 Comments

The next version of Windows will sport some fancy, three-dimensional graphics, but for those with an older video card (as in the case of Mac OS X on non-QuartzExtreme capable gfx cards), Longhorn will look a lot like Windows 2000. Elsewhere, Microsoft seeks to merge Flash & hard drive storage.

Red Hat Desktop Strategy Clarification

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-06 Red Hat 11 Comments

Jeremy Hogan's commentary, Red Hat's community relations manager, is a response to NewsForge's Joe Barr, who asserted earlier this week that the company had given numerous confusing messages about its intent to enter the desktop market.

Gartner: Worms Jack Up the Total Cost of Windows

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-06 Windows 72 Comments

Dealing with widespread worms like Sasser raises the cost of using Windows, a research analyst said Wednesday. Mark Nicolett, research director at Gartner, recommended that enterprises boost spending on patch management and intrusion prevention software to keep ahead of worms, which are appearing ever sooner after vulnerabilities in Windows are disclosed.

Spending a Year with Mac

Guest post by Nicholas Blachford 2004-05-06 Apple 156 Comments

After reading the recent article by a user who has switched to a Mac I thought I'd write of my experience. I've was used a Mac from October 2002 to March 2004. It was provided to me when I started working for another PPC manufacturer but they are not really in the same market and in any case don't make laptops.

Resellers Question Linux on the Desktop

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-06 Linux 31 Comments

Resellers are enthusiastic about recent moves by Novell and Red Hat to move Linux onto the desktop but warn that fear of the unknown and missing applications are holding progress back. Asked if he thought Linux was ready to grace the desktops of the average business Philip Burgess, sales manager at Sire Technology, said: "Blimey, I've just put the phone down after talking to SUSE Linux - I'm going to see them next week."