OSNews links to a guide on Subversion for CVS Users. Subversion is a source code control system built to address many of the issues of earlier Open Source systems like CVS and RCS.
Archive | 2004
Outsourcing snapback?
InfoWorld: Top News reports companies are finally starting to Weighing the benefits of outsourcing. IT leaders now think before rushing into deals with offshore developers
Against the flood tide of IT work moving offshore, a small stream of work has been coming back to the United States as some U.S. companies have concluded that offshoring, for a variety of reasons, is not as much of a bargain as advertised.
TANSTAAFL: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
Eolas patent invalidated
A Reuters story reports that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated the patent that Eolas was claiming gave it exclusive licensing to the technique of embedding objects (think ActiveX, Java, Flash, MIDI) into HTML pages. As I had blogged here and here, Microsoft had lost an infringement suit, and industry watchers were concerned that the suit could be the precursor to the end of browser technology as we know it.
Word Revisions Off: SCO suing BofA, no, no, wait, AutoZone!
According to the article at News.com, SCO originally planned to sue Bank of America, but changed the document to name AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler. Remember: just because you can’t see the revisions, doesn’t mean they are not there!
The things we take for granted…
A Tale of two Michaels
PRI’s MarketPlace report came on tonight featuring a comparison of Michael Dell and Michael Eisner:
Michael Dell gives up CEO title to Rollins. President and COO Kevin Rollins was appointed CEO during a meeting of Dell’s board of directors in New York today. Founder Michael Dell will remain chairman of the company’s board of directors. [Computerworld News]
Discontent Remains High After Disney’s Moves on Eisner. The quick decision by Walt Disney’s board to name George Mitchell as chairman is being questioned by big institutional shareholders and analysts. By Kenneth N. Gilpin. [New York Times: Business]
Fedora Review
OSNews links to a review on Fedora: Swapping Red Hat for a Fedora. However, this sentence set me off:
It started off by offering me the same media test that was available from previous versions of Red Hat Linux, something I recommend every newbie Linux user go through.
(emphasis mine) Hey! Only newbies have bad media or bad burns? Snob.
Six Legacy Code Anti-Patterns
While the language in the article is Java, the anti-patterns seem to apply to many legacy projects I’ve seen over the years. Good lessons for all of us to remember when writing code some poor fool will have to maintain in the future: Six Legacy Code AntiPatterns. [Update: link removed. It was redirecting to an installware site.]
And remember, that fool could be you…
ComputerWorld mentions OOsSwitch
ComputerWorld has a positive mini-review of Tamar Granor’s new book, “OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted To Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft® Office.” Tamar is a good friend and we’ve collaborated on several books before. I got to see some early drafts of this book, and I was pretty pleased about how well it covered the topic, especially the perspective of writers like myself coming from Office.
"…this is a case that never should have been brought."
Martha Stewart Trial – a waste of time?. UCLA professor, and corporate law guru, Stephen Bainbridge has a an article on the Martha Stewart trial over at TechCentralStation entitled: Run Away, Jury. Worth reading, even if you think Martha Stewart is a despicable person…. [Ernie The Attorney]