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Custom Selection Heuristics in Ninject
An explanation of the powerful new selection heuristics in the soon-to-be-released Ninject 1.5.
Microsoft details Oslo's modeling language, tools
SD Times goes into detail about Microsoft's 'M" modeling language and how declarative models will provide for downstream tools, and possibly the Midori operating system, to manage applications. Microsoft intends for "M" to be an open platform so that DSLs can be translated into lower level code that can be executed by any run time.
Mono to contribute back to CLI; Microsoft says it would adopt in .NET
Novell’s Mono project has been chasing Microsoft’s .NET Framework since its inception. In a turnabout, Novell now intends to standardize some innovations that it developed during the course of its work toward parity with .NET 2.0, leaving Microsoft to follow Mono.
SourceForge.net: OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-in for Office
The world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications
IE8 Performance vs. Google Chrome and Firefox
... the software giant [microsoft] is getting ready to release a browser inferior to what is already available from rivals Google and Mozilla.
Microsoft starting to really embrace OpenSource
After some steps to embrace the OpenSource model, specially thanks to IronRuby and IronPython projects, the day has come.
jQuery Has Won The 3+ Year Javascript Framework Battle
Congratulations to Microsoft and to the jQuery community for making this happen.
jQuery, Microsoft, and Nokia
News today: Both Microsoft and Nokia are taking the major step of adopting jQuery as part of their official application development platform. Not only will they be using it for their corporate development but they will be providing it as a core piece of their platform for developers to build with.
Ten Skills Necessary for Computer Programming Success
Computer programming is dynamic is new ways unlike before. This article accurately discusses ten skills you need to have so that you can master any computer programming language.
The Market Loves Linux (That's Why It's Thriving) by Daniel Coleman
Was it true that Linux could be functional, user-friendly, even aesthetically pleasing? My gut reaction was that it wasn't possible. Operating systems are complex animals, and they need constant tinkering and improvement by professionals to function. They need commercial support and proprietary business models. Sure, Windows had its issues, but could a bunch of unorganized programmers working in their free time really do better?
Yet slowly I realized that everything I enjoyed most about my computer experience was now rooted in free and/or open-source software and services. I was already taking Firefox for granted, using a free media player, constantly looking things up in Wikipedia, and making extensive use of Gmail, Reader, and other Google applications. In fact, the only Microsoft product I still used with any regularity was the basic Windows XP operating system itself.
The Fall of Rome: The Microsoft Way
I’ve always been a fan of smart phones, and for the most part I’ve been a Microsoft faithful (there was that brief moment back around 2000 though when I bought a HandSpring). I was loyal to Microsoft’s form factor because those devices supported Microsoft’s Compact Framework (a mobile version of their full-on .NET Framework) which allowed me to have programmatic fun-time if I ever wanted, in an environment that I was already familiar with. However, there are 2 things that have changed for me over the past couple years.http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/default.mspx
Microsoft Open Specification Promise
Introducing Alfresco Labs 3
John Newton, Alfresco's co-founder and CTO, talks about Alfresco Labs 3. Alfresco is the open source alternative for Enterprise Content Management and this week announced support for the Microsoft Office SharePoint protocol.Microsoft Joins the ASF: Can They Be Trusted?
Microsoft announced on Friday that it would be joining the Apache Software Foundation, one of the leading organizations in the open-source world. Microsoft became a platinum sponsor of the ASF, which costs $100,000/year and is the highest level of sponsorship that the foundation offers.Microsoft pledges love and money to open source
After years of hostility towards Free Software Foundation (FSF) licensing (here and here) Microsoft has announced the first in a series of PHP patches - and it's using an FSF license.
Microsoft told The Reg it's submitted a patch to the community for the ADOdb database abstraction library for PHP to add support for the PHP SQL Driver developed with PHP shop Zend Technologies. The patch is under the FSF's Lesser GPL (LGPL)..NET Rocks! - Miguel de Icaza and Geoff Norton on Mono
Miguel is back to talk Mono with Geoff Norton. Many things have changed since we last talked to Miguel about the Mono project, an open-source port of the .NET Framework that runs on Windows, Linux, and the Mac. The focus is mostly about running .NET apps on the Mac.Power of Unix on Windows
Unix Utilities are a great friend on windows. Microsoft seems to have realized what power users want and they have come up with PowerShell. Much more in the blog.OpenOffice.org Releases version 3 beta 2
The OpenOffice.org Community announced a second beta release of OpenOffice.org 3 to the public early this morning.
It's not the Gates, it's the bars
a comment piece from BBC NEWS, Technology written by Richard Stallman, arguing that the system of proprietary software will out live Bill Gates
It's not the Gates, it's the bars
To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers.Why Can't Microsoft Ship Open Source Software?
In Codeplex wastes six months reinventing wheels, Ryan Davis has a bone to pick with Microsoft:Gaia Ajax Widgets 3.0 "Glory" Officially Released!
We're very proud to announce the 3.0 "Glory" release of Gaia Ajax Widgets - the #1 Ajax framework for ASP.NET and Mono.
4 new widgets: Extended Button, Extended Panel, Calendar, Slider.
8 widgets completely rebuilt + Visual Studio Designers + 100% XHTML compliant + new XHtmlWriterSandcastle Source Released
Sandcastle is the API documentation tool used internally by Microsoft for the .NET platform. It is being offered under the terms of the Microsoft Public License. This is a relaxed license that asks for little more than patent protection and attribution, making it suitable for integrating into build systems and the like.What do Free and Open Source Software Leaders Think of Microsoft?
Those who responded were Peter Brown of the Free Software Foundation, Jim Zemlin of The Linux Foundation, Richard Stallman, the founder of the free software movement, and Linus Torvalds. All of them gave answers that were not only complex and nuanced, but sometimes surprising when compared to the attitudes that they are often assumed to have.Git to CodePlex
I had major issues getting commits to work. Eventually I figured out that git-svn does not send hashes of the files as all other SVN clients that I have tested so far. I was focused on finding corruption much earlier in the game, and drowned in the details.Silverlight Desktop
A framework that allows you to dynamically load Silverlight modules into resizable draggable windows.8 Million Downloads: A Record? (cartoon)
The uptake on Firefox 3 was certainly swift, but...
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