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What’s New in MySQL 4.0

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-04 Databases 10 Comments

"Version 4 of MySQL has been in development since 2001. By the time you read this, MySQL 4.0 should be a stable release (or at least be in late-beta -- not finished yet, but still quite suitable for development work that you expect to deploy later this year)." Read the article at LinuxMag. On other database news, mSQL 3.3 was released.

Programming Bits: C# Data Types

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-04 General Development 1 Comment

"In my previous article, I introduced the C# programming language and explained how it works in the context of the Mono environment, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET framework. I will now go on to some details on the data types supported by the C# programming language." Read the second article at LinuxGazette. Another development article ("Writing Portable Code") is here.

Lycoris Build 65 Beta Released

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-04 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 2 Comments

This is a possibly the last beta before the Amethyste Update 3 general release of Lycoris. Announcement, download the ISO and submit bugs.

Pepper Donations to Return Back; Pepper to Stay Commercial

Submitted by J. Todd Slack 2002-12-03 In the News 59 Comments

J. Todd Slack emailed in and asked us to inform everyone that their donations towards the FreePepper project will be returned to all who contributed. The contributions from the community were a bit above $500 USD and that was obviously not enought as $11,000 were needed to open source Pepper. "I have come up with the funds privately to buy Pepper and I will be returning everyone's donations in the next few days. I thank everyone who donated" Mr Slack said. Pepper will stay commercial and it will not be open sourced.

Red Hat Readies Linux for Workstations

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-03 Red Hat 23 Comments

Software vendor Red Hat will align its workstation and server OSes to encourage the development of more applications. Another article, says that immediately after its release and apart from the usual rough edges of every .0 version, Red Hat 8.0 generated a lot of heat. Much of it came from the Bluecurve desktop and from the changes RH made to standard KDE.

Windows Servers Cheaper to Run than Linux (Maybe)

David Adams 2002-12-03 Windows 42 Comments

A survey recently released by IDC finds that large networks of Windows servers are cheaper to run and maintain than Linux servers, even taking into account the higher software licensing costs for Windows. The catch? That survey was commissioned by Microsoft. A Reuters article about the study covers mostly how this study indicates a shift in Microsoft's marketing strategy toward Linux -- moving away from criticizing open source toward focusing on Windows' benefits.

The Java War Rages On

David Adams 2002-12-03 Java 24 Comments

A ZDNet article details the upcoming arguments in the antitrust suit brought by Sun Microsystems against Microsoft over Microsoft's treatment of the Java platform. Sun claims that Microsoft has distributed a crippled and incompatible version of Java in its (monopoly) operating system, which serves to undermine the Java platform. The article covers mostly background and history. It's pretty clear what Sun's case is, but less obvious how Microsoft will choose to defend itself.

OS X Makes Macs Less Unpopular in Heterogenous Networks

David Adams 2002-12-03 macOS 15 Comments

A Yahoo Mac Central article notes that, due to the new Apple OS' support for familiar tools and services, IT managers that formerly turned up their noses at the Macs in their organizations are now embracing them. This is particularly true in organizations with a lot of Unix workstations, of course, though the efforts that Apple has made to integrate the Unix tools that make interoperability with Windows easier have benefitted OS X in Windows-heavy offices too.

EXCLUSIVE: Terra Soft Presents Full YDL & Hardware Solution for PPC

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-03 Linux 65 Comments

Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. will announce tomorrow world's first consumer priced ATX form-factor PowerPC motherboard with full Linux support. Terra Soft, also creators of Yellow Dog Linux, will be selling both the PPC motherboard and a fully equipped computer that will be capable of running YDL 2.3. This will give a new face to the consumer Linux landscape, as Linux effectivelly gets its own platform rather than getting installed side by side with other OSes. Check inside for two pages with pictures of the hardware, information and an interview with TerraSoft's co-founder, Kai Staats.

Interview With Ingo Molnar

Submitted by Jeremy Andrews 2002-12-03 Linux 3 Comments

KernelTrap has interviewed Ingo Molnar who has been contributing to Linux kernel development since 1995 with an impressive list of accomplishments.

A Chat with John Fowler, Sun Software CTO

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-03 Oracle and SUN 32 Comments

Recently, a few independent departments (Solaris, java, Netscape and other middleware) at Sun Microsystems got integrated into one, the Platform/Software Group. We had a quick chat with Mr John Fowler, Sun Software's CTO about Solaris 10, Java, the competition and more.

Review of LindowsOS 3.0

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-03 Linspire 77 Comments

I heard so much about this product (some good, some bad), but I had never really tried it before Lindows.com sent us in the latest version of their OS, LindowsOS version 3.0. I took it a spin for two weeks now, and here is what I think about it (and for the eye-candy seekers, screenshots included).

Windows .NET Server 2003 Release Candidate 2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-03 Windows 14 Comments

Windows .NET Server 2003 Release Candidate 2 is released to beta testers. Upgrade or join the Customer Preview Program today and see what's new. Update: An anonymous sent us a link on Microsoft's site which describes at a high level how they migrated the entire site to .NET Server RC1. According to the article they are experiencing high levels of uptime and significant performance increase that they may even reduce the size of their cluster.

Java 2 Language Fundamentals and Enterprise JavaBeans

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-03 Java No Comments

Learn the fundamentals of session beans: their characteristics and types; how instance pooling, activation, and passivation are applicable to session beans; and examine session bean methods and their life cycle diagrams. Also, Jamie Jaworski covers the fundamentals of the Java language. Learn how to create packages, import classes and interfaces from other packages, and create a program's main() method; how to access command-line variables and form identifiers; and discuss each primitive type, its range of values, and how to create literal values of each type (free reg. req).

SUN Swats and Solaris-Linux Wars

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-03 Oracle and SUN 6 Comments

Left on its own to interpret the order of the universe, IBM would have you believe any IT decision maker with any common sense would choose to migrate from Solaris to Linux any day: And they have the SWAT team to do it. With the momentum for Linux Intel servers, IBM is throwing its weight behind Solaris-to-Linux migration to gain market share. Read the article at OpenMagazine.

BeUnited’s New Open Standards Portal

Thom Holwerda 2002-12-02 Haiku 14 Comments

Now that there are a number of independent projects seeking to create BeOS compatible systems, BeUnited has launched an effort to share and promote the open standards for these Open Standards BeOS-compatible Operating System (OSBOS). Read about it at BeUnited.org

Microsoft to Loosen Licensing Clamps

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-02 Windows 18 Comments

When it issues a second Windows .Net Server 2003 release candidate, Microsoft also plans to announce a new, per-user licensing option. Plus, other tweaks are being offered. Additionally, major Longhorn revision shows AMD 64 support.

AMD Places Chips on 64 and Migrating to Itanium

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-02 Hardware 9 Comments

eWEEK Executive Editor/News Michael R. Zimmerman and EiC Eric Lundquist caught up with Ruiz at Comdex in Las Vegas recently for a candid conversation about AMD's challenges, its future and Intel's influence in the market. On another CPU-related interview, HP has the task of migrating its Unix customers running HP-UX on PA-RISC, as well as recently acquired Tru64 Alpha customers from Compaq, over to Intel's Itanium architecture. Making sure this transition happens smoothly in Australia is Steve Williamson who transferred from Compaq and now is business development manager in HP's business critical systems division.

Linux Future Scales Out

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-02 Linux 16 Comments

As dominant systems and software companies continue to pour millions into scaling Linux for the enterprise, some observers now believe the open-source OS's future is to serve as a distributed, network-based operating system. Read the article at InfoWorld.

Apple: Let’s Make a Toast to this Recession

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-02 Apple 109 Comments

"Apple picked the worst possible time to take the biggest risk imaginable. Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server are unqualified hits on everything from $999 notebooks through entry servers. Developers are climbing onto the platform in droves, as well they should. I can't say it emphatically enough: Apple is a serious player in the broad IT market now." Read the editorial at InfoWorld.