Tag Archives: Solaris

Moving from Solaris to Linux

Through the years I’ve worked on a lot of different flavors of “UNIX,” starting back when I was in college and then continuing on through graduate school and work. While there have been differences, a tremendous amount of knowledge and … Continue reading

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links for 2007-11-02

OpenSocial OpenSocial opens new can of worms | CNET News.com “When Google announced that its new social-networking initiative would extend to any site that wanted to participate, the land grab for the social Web’s attention just got a whole lot … Continue reading

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links for 2007-07-09

Solaris, Meet Linux Sun Micro to revamp Solaris with Linux features: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance “Sun Microsystems Inc. (NasdaqGS:SUNW – News) is revamping its Solaris operating system, incorporating key pieces of rival Linux software in a move that could … Continue reading

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links for 2007-06-13

The Times They Are A Changin’ Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3 | CNET News.com Torvalds: “I don’t think the GPL 3 is as good a license as (GPL) 2, but on the other hand, I’m pragmatic, and … Continue reading

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links for 2007-05-10

WordPress Automattic Stats « Extend › Plugins New WordPress statistics plugin. (tags: wordpress plugin blogging statistics stats) Sun eWeek: Can JBI 2 Succeed Where JBI 1 Did Not? “As Java Business Integration 1.0 failed to become the success its supporters … Continue reading

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links for 2006-04-18

Sanjiva Weerawarana’s Blog – Debate about Jini vs. WS-* For my money, Sanjiva’s one of the smartest people in the world regarding web services, so when he speaks, I listen. I remember having these types of debates back in 2000. … Continue reading

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Links and comments for 21 December, 2004

Technology Helps Singers Hit the Right Note Now this is something I could use for Christmas, as my family members will attest. Samba-3 by Example This was invaluable when I set up an old pc to run Linux and be … Continue reading

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Links and comments for 4 December, 2004

With this edition of “some things Bob has been reading and thinks you should look at too, especially if they say nice things about IBM”, I’ve started to add some comments on the articles or the general situation described therein. … Continue reading

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