Interview with João Paredes of Chefax R&D

Original OSNews Interviews 54 Comments
João Paredes is an almost-21-year-old student of Electrotecnical and Computers Engeneering at Oporto's State University for Engeneering (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto), in Portugal. He is well known and respected in his community, known to be a visonary and a good leader. Also known to be an excelent programmer, as he's been programming computers for 16 years now (yes, since he was 5).
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Ballmer: No Sleep Lost Over Linux; Q&A with Windows Kernel Guru

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Steve Ballmer had the stage to himself Thursday in San Francisco as he introduced Windows Server 2003, a new version of the company's server operating system that Microsoft's CEO described as "the right product" to help companies stretch their IT budgets. Read the interview at News.com. In the meantime, Windows core technology guru Rob Short explains how hackers were involved in Windows Server 2003 development, and why not all NT4 applications will run on it.
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Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition RC1 Due In June

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Microsoft will announce the first release candidate for its small business edition of Windows Server 2003 in June, officials said at a meeting here with CRN. Microsoft's Small Business Server 2003, which will incorporate Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services, is going to be promoted heavily for its ease-of-deployment capabilities and enhanced remote user features, officials said at the Windows Server 2003 launch in San Francisco on Thursday.
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Introducing Zinzala for QNX

  Submitted by JLV QNX 10 Comments
Zinzala is an SDK by Jean-Louis Villecroze (BeOS users will remember JLV from his Squirrel interpreter while QNX users probably are already using his apps) designed to take full advantage of modern computers and operating systems, such as QNX. It offers: Object oriented framework (in C++) , multi-threaded, network-ready application, easy inter-application messaging, multi-threaded, message passing, Photon based GUI kit (fully scriptable).
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SkyOS Gets DVD Playback

  Submitted by Jonathan SkyOS 36 Comments
Big advancements for the hobby OS, SkyOS. There is now a new screenshot of SkyOS playing DVD Movies in an media-player. The latest version of SkyOS also features a WinAMP-like mp3 player (only the ES371 sound card supported).
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Cocoa 101: Object-Oriented Programming for the Masses – Part 1

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There are two major varieties of Cocoa available. The first variety, possibly the more well known of the two, is the kind that you can use to make a nice warm cup of chocolate milk. While tasty, it's hardly proper subject matter for an operating systems information site. The second variety is far more on-topic: a programming environment for Apple Mac OS X that is the modern evolution of of the original NeXTSTEP frameworks. That's what I'm here to talk about today.
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Gaming and Linux in 2003

  Submitted by Richard James Games 23 Comments
It is no secret that the vast majority of current game titles will never see the light of day on Linux. With Loki dead and gone, and their old stock quickly running out, some would go as far as to say that Linux gaming is dead as well. However, in recent days, Linux users have been getting more titles than one would think, and many more are on the horizon for later this year. Which games will be coming out? Who is releasing them? Is this the start of something big?
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Windows 2003 Server Review at ActiveWin

  Submitted by Bob Windows 64 Comments
"So, what do I think of Windows 2003 Server? Well, I feel that Microsoft has hit a home run. During my corporation’s evaluation of Windows 2003 Server, we have found that the benefits are extremely enticing. We will not be suggesting this to all of our customers for a few months, but we will start to roll it out immediately." Read the review at ActiveWin.
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A View of Linux from the Sidelines

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The genesis of this article is the editorial "Why Linux Sucks as a Desktop OS" over at vBrad.com. While the author had some valid points about Linux, and I have shared his frustration, his approach was one that lost a large part of the audience. I have a little experience with Linux (I have played with Red Hat, SuSE and Mandrake, and have installed and used Linux in four or five flavors over the years) and have followed Linux as an interested observer.
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NEC Windows Server Wins Speed Test

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An NEC server with 32 of Intel's Itanium 2 6M processors and running the Windows Server 2003 takes the top spot in a widely watched performance measurement by displacing a Unix server. NEC is top of the heap right now, but HP has aggressive plans for Itanium. It will release 64-processor Superdome systems initially, then through a technology code-named Hondo that plugs two Itanium processors into a single socket, will sell 128-processor Itanium systems. HP supports three operating systems on its Itanium systems today--Windows, Linux and HP-UX Unix--and will add support for OpenVMS next year.
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Now we Can Compete with Unix, Microsoft Claims

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Microsoft says that the release of Windows Server 2003 and a 64-bit SQL Server proves it can compete with Unix vendors in datacentre computing. But analysts say that the products will appeal mainly to NT4 users looking to move to newer versions. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer today launches software that the company says builds on three years experience with its first datacentre product, Windows Server 2000.
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