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why Groovy is that slow ??
I really like groovy but php is surpassing in benchmarks ??
OpenSolaris on VirtualBox 2
walkthrough in 20 slides to get OpenSolaris running smoothly under Windows host. thumb-up the effort !
6 Offbeat Open Source Ideas Worthy of Rube Goldberg
The open source arena never fails to surprise when it comes to offbeat implementations of community-produced technologies. Put together enough eyeballs and collaboration, and unusual inventions will ensue. We've covered several examples of this phenomenon on OStatic, including open source efforts completely outside the software arena. In this post, you'll find six unusual open source efforts worthy of Rube Goldberg.
Why Mozilla is committed to Gecko as WebKit popularity grows: Page 1
In the wake of Google's release of the new WebKit-based Chrome browser, some technology enthusiasts are beginning to wonder if the days are numbered for Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine. Despite the growing popularity of WebKit, those who understand the differences between the two rendering engines and have an appreciation of Gecko's technical strengths, recognize that there is no basis for speculation about the possibility of Mozilla adopting it for future versions of Firefox.
Gartner avoids OSS content management systems
I received a copy of the Gartner report on the status of the web content management system market. I am always skeptical of such reports.Gartner did not disappoint me. But they do much to disappoint those that are putting a lot of energy and effort in to the OSS Web content management market. The only good thing about this report is the fact that they mention Drupal.Why Ogg Matters
Our goal is to enable unencumbered, royalty-free, open-source friendly audio and video playback on the Web. Shipping Vorbis and Theora will achieve that for over 100M Firefox users --- not everyone yet, but a good start!Which open source CMS is the best?
This question comes up more times in more blogs than anyone is willing to admit. Now Water & Stone have come out with a free survey that makes deciding on which CMS is top dog easier. It also makes for a good recipe for successFunctional Test Driven Development with Grails and WebTest
An approach to functional test driven development using Grails, WebTest and some custom additions to the Grails WebTest pluginGitHub: Erlang Supercharged git-daemon
Over the past several weeks Github has been working on a secret Erlang project that will allow us to grow GitHub in new and novel ways. The project is called egitd and is a replacement for the stock git-daemon that ships with git.Subversion SCM Tool Becomes More Robust with Version 1.5
It will be easier for software development teams that use the Subversion open source software configuration management (SCM) product to keep track of their projects with Subversion 1.5, which was released last week. CollabNet, the online community that backs development of Subversion, says new features like merge tracking, interactive conflict resolution, and improved read performance make Subversion 1.5 the most significant release in the last four years.My Mixed Feelings about Ruby
There’s a lot of features of Ruby that I like, but there are some that just drive me nuts like blocks not taking blocks and the ampersand operator. Raganwald did a great job of explaining blocks, procs, and the ampersand in this blog post: Explanation of Ruby’s Unary operator. I came away with the feeling, “Wow! It took that much explanation just to tell how to send blocks around?” If blocks were first-class citizens, Ruby would be more elegant.JSF Job trends in comparison with other web framework and ASP.net
Are you looking to know how does JSF job market compare with other frameworks like tapestry, wicket, flex, RoR and ASP.net? Then this entry is for you to take a look.The Eclipse Movie..
..or the organic software visualization of Eclipse (SDK).SCRUM and Agile Programming using Continuous Build System
This article provides details on the activities involved a Sprint executed by the SCRUM team. This article also explains the continuous build system using open sources products.Reddit Goes Open Source With Their Code
Social news aggregator Reddit is making a big announcement today. They have decided to open source the Reddit code. I spoke with Steve Huffman to learn more about the announcement and grab some of the latest stats from Reddit. The open source license matches the one Facebook is now using for some of their code.Programming: The New Literacy
Power will soon belong to those who can master a variety of expressive human-machine interactions.Jonathan Schwartz's free software foundation
Sun Microsystems has become its own free software foundation, open-sourcing everything from Java to Solaris, and acquiring the open-source MySQL database for $1 billion in January of this year, as a way to grow its revenue.FireFox 3.0 tries to set a World Record
Help Mozilla burst open the world record of most software download in 24 hours. Download FireFox NOW! Here are WORKING LINKS for you!When open source Web applications fail
There is still one area where open source Web applications fail miserably. It has nothing to do with the ease of installation, the plethora of documentation, the application architecture, or even the auspiciousness of the names attached to the project. Open source fails when open source begins to cater to the community, and not to the end-user.Why Aren't Android Developers Flocking To The iPhone ?
So you'd think you'd see a rush of developers dropping their Android projects to get on the the Apple bandwagon. But based on conversations we've been having with developers, it doesn't look like that's happening. Why not?Coding Horror: Don't Go Dark
What do you do when somebody shows up to an open source project with a gigantic new feature that took months to write? Who has the time to review thousands of lines of code?
1983-96: The Golden Age of Programming Languages
These are the languages that I consider interesting today. I've included their approximate year of first release. Also, a look at the importance of support for concurrency.SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards!
SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards!
Google defends open source from 'poisonous people'
A poisonous person would be anyone who puts a drag on collaborative coding, from cruel souls who enjoy tossing a wrench into the works to social misfits who screw things up simply by being themselves. "You have to guard against anyone who distracts you, who drains you," Collins-Sussman said. "Sometimes, these are trolls. But sometimes they're valued community members, the nicest people in the world who also happen to be perfectionists or obsessive compulsives - people who bog you down with endless discussion."Open Source Programmers Flocking to the Mac?
I switched to OS X and find it to be an overwhelmingly more enjoyable computing experience. I still have my free software UNIX shell, my free software programming language, my free software ports system, my free software editor, and I run a bunch of free software Linux virtual machines.NASA Mission-Control uses Firefox! (image)
The details only a dedicated uber-geek would notice!Discover Apache Sling in 15 minutes
The Sling Launchpad is a ready-to-run Sling configuration, providing an embedded JCR content repository and web server, a selection of Sling components, and documentation and examples. The Launchpad makes it easy to get started with Sling and to develop script-based applications.Open Source - A "Freemium Business Model"?
Give your service away for free, acquire a lot of customers very efficiently through word of mouth, referral networks, organic search marketing, etc, then offer premium priced value added services or an enhanced version of your service to your customer base.git vs bzr vs hg: Distributed Version Control Systems: A Not-So-Quick Guide Through
Adoption and interest for Distributed Version Control Systems is constantly rising. InfoQ introduces the concept of DVCS and looks at 3 actors in the area: git, Mercurial and Bazaar.Understanding GPL: Users who change GPL code have absolutely no, zero, zippo, big bagel, goose egg obligation to give back to "the community".
I, as a developer and user of GPL source code only have an obligation to the people who receive the software, whom I have a distribution relationship with. And there's nothing that says I have to enter in to that relationship with anyone "for free". When I sell the software to a customer, I have an obligation to make the source available to the customer, and only that customer, and that customer can then run off and do with it whatever they wish.The GNU Open-Source License, Ext JS and IGNORAMUSES
All this talk surrounding Ext JS is quite disturbing! No one seems to understand the GNU open-source license. The GNU OSS license is well suited for both open-source and dual license open-source/commercial. Every one keeps saying that Ext JS is evil and its licensing switch is immoral. Ext JS is NOT EVIL and its licensing switch is NOT IMMORAL. YOU ARE THE IGNORAMUSES! The GNU license demands that your software is also open-source, if it is released to the public! So open-source projects based on Ext JS can continue to use Ext JS as long as they too are open source, when released to the public! What’s so hard to understand about this? While it’s true that version 2 of the GNU license requires a FLOSS exception to be compatible with other licenses, version 3 of the GNU license is compatible with most other OSS licenses, including Apache.Is Open Source Software Really Good For Business?
The article “We Don’t Use Software That Costs Money Here” on dzone.com has caused me to want to write an article that I have wanted to write for some time now. I am an open-source developer involved in 5 open-source projects. These projects range from a few months old to many years old and all are very popular. We have had tens of thousands of downloads, and software developers talk of our software regularly and positively.Version Control and “the 80%”
A post about how 20% of programmers like innovation and new and 80% do their job without innovating. Some thoughts on Distributed Version Control Systems from this perspective.Why Mac OSX and Linux will likely never be the world's primary desktop
"Think Different" translates to "It's Different", and that will prevent mass adoption. Secondarily, the paradox of choice in FOSS is an inhibiting factor for the Average Joe's desktop.
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