Broadening the reach and appeal of Java is at the top of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s list for the next major release of the platform, code-named Tiger, next year, although developers may not be ready to jump in.
Read it at eWeek.
Novell
sees a growing role for Linux in its software future - but where does that leave NetWare?
ActiveWin
features a preview article of the upcoming MS Office 2003.
Runtime Revolution released their
first beta of their impressive RAD tool for MacOS/X/Windows/Unix/Linux, Revolution 2.0, which includes a number of new features.
Submitted by Excalibur & Maggot
2003-04-07
OS News
VMWare 4.0 has been released and there is a demo version available to download. In other similar news, get to know
QEMU, an x86 processor emulator. Its purpose is to run x86 Linux processes on non-x86 Linux architectures such as PowerPC or ARM. By using dynamic translation it achieves a reasonnable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs. Its main goal is to be able to launch the Wine Windows API emulator on non-x86 CPUs.
We have all heard the horror stories of how GNU/Linux is difficult, if not almost impossible, as far as general desktop usability is concerned. In particular, there seems to be a continuous stream of gripes printed across the Internet, from Microsoft Windows users who wish, or have tried, to migrate to GNU/Linux, yet gave up in frustration. But what happens when complete computer newbies are introduced to GNU/Linux? By computer newbies, I am referring to those who have no computer experience whatsoever, in either a Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix or other environment.
A few weeks ago Apple said that they will unveil their "multimedia strategy" in the NAB conference. Indeed, new
press releases describe
Shake 3,
DVD Studio Pro 2,
Final Cut Pro 4 and there is also the recent
Logic 6. This strong line up seems to aim on bringing Mac OS X closer to the same position SGI with IRIX were a few years ago: the high-end creative/media market. Additionally, Alias|Wavefront
today announced Maya 5, the latest version of its Oscar award-winning 3D software.
Update: New,
900 Mhz G3 iBooks soon!
This is my reaction to Tsu Dho Nimh's "
Migrating to Linux not easy for Windows users" featured on
Linuxworld.com recently. It's not a response, I'm not challenging his opinions, which I feel are not only valid, but mostly right, it's just a reaction.
In this column, Pierre Igot would like to review some of these benefits, in order to get a better idea of how much things have improved in the area of Mac OS stability ? but also of what 'still remains to be improved in the never-ending quest for the perfect computing experience for inexperienced and advanced users alike'. On another Apple-related story, Steve Jobs' appearance at an Intel internal sales conference
reignites rumors of collaboration between the two companies.
Fleecy Moss of Amiga Inc,
answers a fourth session of the community's questions over at
AmigaWorld.net.
Joe Brockmeier
looks at EJB Solutions' Out-of-the-Box 1.0, a collection of open source Java software. Out-of-the-Box has everything you need to develop Java applications using open source tools on Linux or Windows?if you don't mind a few rough edges.
Gobe Software, the company behind the popular Gobe Productive office suite has re-instated their web presense and published the following short message on their site: "
We are currently working on the next version of Gobe Productive, the popular award winning software. Stay tune for more news on products, distributors and resellers."
The
sixth part of the interesting series of articles that discusses IRIX binary compatibility under NetBSD, is published at OnLamp.
Forget the $1 per year Steve Jobs got during his first year of return at Apple.
According to Forbes, Steve Jobs is today the most well paid CEO in US with $116+ million for the previous year.
Before I get started on my views, I would like to point a few things out. I'm not in high school or college. I'm 35 years old and have been in the computer business a long time. My experience goes all the way back to the hey days of punch cards. I still have a few cards over at my folk's house. I think one of the 'programs' prints out a snoopy. I've worked for several large corporations including IBM and GTE. I'm bringing this up not to brag but to point out that I know a thing or two about computers. Now that that's out of the way, I'll continue.
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The plethora of Free Software applications available today, none working perfectly, is a problem which stands in the way of major adoption of Linux on the desktop. In order to conquer the desktop, we have to stand united." Read the
controversial editorial at Freshmeat, by Marius Andreiana.
The pending launch of Windows Server 2003 will be a milestone not only for Microsoft, but for the other half of Wintel, too. It's been eight years since Intel got into the server market and two years since it shipped a 64-bit processor, the Itanium. On April 24, a 64-bit version of Windows that takes advantage of Intel's 64-bit design will
become generally available.
Microsoft Corp., bowing to federal government demands,
will make it easier for computer users to substitute rival Web browsers for the company's Internet Explorer, people familiar with the matter said.
