Monthly Archive:: June 2003

Frank Schoondermark has posted an overview of compiler performance with the FLOPS benchmark. FLOPS is a synthetic benchmark to measure floating-point performance in isolation. According to the test, the best compiler for full Pentium4/SSE2 optimizations is by far Intel's ICC 7.1.

The new major version of Mozilla is now available. Release notes are here. On a similar note Netscape 7.1 and Epiphany for Gnome 0.7.3 are out while on other browser news, learn about the iRider browser and its usability enhancements over other browsers.

In an exclusive interview with USA TODAY reporters, Microsoft founder and chief software architect Bill Gates shares his thoughts on controlling spam, competition from Linux, how Windows will evolve, software for wristwatches, what's worthwhile in life and whether Microsoft is boring.

Read the editorial regarding the future of Debian, at Linmagau. On the same web site find an interview with Jeff Waugh, coordinator release manager of Gnome.

A little commitment and some hard work will get you poised to build great applications. Do this by getting a grasp on designing and implementing a document-based Cocoa application of your own through concentration on the relationships between the source code and the user interface items. Read the article at InformIT. Elsewhere, Microsoft-Watch has a preview of Mac OS X Panther.

Get the basic information necessary to begin installing FreeBSD on a system with another operating system that was previously installed. You will see how to prepare for a FreeBSD installation that will allow the system to operate with Windows, and you will also see how to install FreeBSD on a system that is running Linux.

The third member of the Itanium chip family is the company's best shot to date at taking on Sun and IBM in the market for high-end server chips. With Madison, Intel is hoping the third time's a charm. Update: Red Hat announces support for the latest Intel Itanium 2 processor.

I have to friendly argue about the OSNews article about Apple: "Could an eMac Strategy Bring More Market Share to Apple?" That article is written from the Computer enthusiast point of view rather from the business man point of view, which usually diverges from the hobbyist, because it considers things that nobody that is not in the Marketing business is aware of. I understand Marketing as defined by Kotler: the right mix of Price, Product, Place and Promotion.

OSForge interviews Thomas Chung, the founder and developer of the LinuxInstall.org distribution while MozillaQuest interviews Mandrake's founder Gaël Duval about MandrakeSoft's current financial status and MandrakeClustering.

Introduction article to the Debian GNU/Linux at Sitepoint.com.

In a recent interview with CNET Asia's Winston Chai, Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen said that several venerable computer companies are on a downward slope. Are HP, Sun, Oracle and other the next DEC? Read the editorial at Tech Update. Our editorial on the subject is here.

The Tux Team just published a look at the JAMD 0.0.6 distribution. "We continue our look at rpm-based distributions with JAMD 0.0.6, the latest release from Jim Lucha. It is his third release in less than one year. Each release has focused on the personal desktop experience for users who wish to use Linux but who are not interested in the details of learning Linux; such as compiling software, editing configuration files, and customizing the environment. In other words, this distribution is directed toward your neighbor." Full article at TuxReports.

Some new Amiga OS 4 screenshots are here while session 13 with Fleecy is up too.

Miracle-driver from Panasonic does the unthinkable, The Inquirer says: there are USB drivers for DOS.