Tag Archives: Ruby

Open source and the lone developer

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Bob Sutor

It occurred to be this morning when I was stuck in traffic that although a lot has been written about open source development for communities, much less is out there for the lone developer. This is the person who labors … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-09-18

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Bob Sutor

M & A Yahoo buys e-mail software firm Zimbra | Tech news blog – CNET News.com “The Zimbra acquisition, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, and Yahoo’s $300 million purchase earlier this month of … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-05-20

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Mark Watson: Why the ODF is better than Microsoft’s document formats “It takes a few lines of Ruby code to process OpenOffice.org document files” (tags: ruby odf)

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links for 2007-05-14

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents | CNET News.com Again. How tiresome. (tags: microsoft enemiesofopen) CodeGear goes Ruby on Rails route | CNET News.com “CodeGear, the development tool company spun out of Borland Software, has created a product … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-04-30

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Hackety Hack: the Coder’s Starter Kit “One of Hackety Hack’s sincere pledges is to make the most common code very easy and short.” (tags: ruby programming education kids code) Norty Pig » Blog Archive » MS Ultimate 2007 Backward Compatibility … Continue reading →

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CNet article: “IBM plays XML card in effort to beat Oracle”

Posted on June 8, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Normally I would just throw this into my del.icio.us links, but it hits so many of my topics that I wanted to call it out explicitly. The article, by Martin Lamonica of CNet is “IBM plays XML card in effort … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-05-12

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Open Source OpenSUSE 10.1 arrives New version of a popular Linux distribution. (tags: linux) May the source be with you Demonstrates the previously unknown connection between open source and kung fu, at least Down Under. (tags: opensource) How To Buy … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-04-17

Posted on April 17, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Red Hat’s Szulik Discusses JBoss Deal Szulik quotes Dylan, though in a rather strange context. (tags: linux redhat jboss) France to Apple: don’t act so surprised Interoperability = good. (tags: drm) Mozilla Plugs Firefox Bugs I have it set up … Continue reading →

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