Tuesday, November 05, 2002

101 Things That the Mozilla Browser Can Do That IE Cannot 101 Things That the Mozilla Browser Can Do That IE Cannot. 101 things that the Mozilla browser can do that IE cannot.... [Blogzilla - a blog about Mozilla] Giant lizards are cool Much more exciting than a blue e. I've always thought so :-) 1:18:13 PM Google It!      comment []

What Happened to the Good Solaris Software? What Happened to the Good Solaris Software?. I worked for Sun for 4 years during the Java boom. And during that time, if you wanted good server software, Solaris was your ticket. IBM, yeah, Linux, yeah, but really, Solaris was tip top. But that was a year and a half ago. Now, I'm working on a stealth mode project for a client in Silicon Valley and am looking at a whole lotta software as part of the operation. Some of it is cutting edge stuff, some isn't. The thing is that it all sucks on Solaris. Bugs, crashes, you name it, it's happening. And it's obvious that the vendors of this software (big names most of them--the stuff that you may be using) have spent zero time qualifying the entire package on Solaris. Furthermore, one vendor's download site is even set up so that you can't download the Solaris software package using the default Netscape browser that comes with Solaris 8. How stupid is that? The really bad thing is that its all working a hell of a lot better on Windows. It's really sad. This means that even though Solaris is a better server OS than Windows, it's becoming harder to build next gen apps on top of. This isn't good for Sun. One theory that I have to explain this: Most developers are working on laptops these days. And that means that they are running Linux or Windows. Solaris x86 on a laptop? Hah! Sun never put any effort into that, and they may be reaping the seeds of that decision now. [James Duncan Davidson] I agree with James' theory: I'm myself with Sun since 2 years, and more generally with Netscape/iPlanet/Sun since 5 years and I've always developped on a windows laptop :-) Companies always underestimate the influence developers have ! 1:13:25 PM Google It!      comment []

Delegates in C# Understanding the Nuances of Delegates in C#. C# introduced a keyword called delegate for utilizing such things as function pointers and call backs. The syntax of a delegate can be confusing, but one sure way to get latched on to the syntactical nuances of delegates is to understand a delegate's dual nature -- it exhibits the qualities of both a class and a function. [O'Reilly Network Articles] When I've read a few books about C# last year, delegates were my favorite language feature: it's much more expressive and elegant than what we have in java. 1:06:58 PM Google It!      comment []

We're only in it for the money Follow the money. When innovators with a proven track record start investing their own money in open source, it's time to pay attention [InfoWorld: Web Services] Blogtrolling by Steve Gillmor, where he makes interesting connections, for example between Peter Drayton's recent dream job landing at Microsoft and Mitch Kapor's new Open Source project. One fun quote, quoting the excellent Frank Zappa: I say "too often" because those drivers, in and of themselves, can fade with time and wear. Even the other common motivator -- peer recognition -- can dissipate without a coherent foundation of resources. To quote the philosopher Frank Zappa and his Mothers of Invention, "We're only in it for the money." This directly reminded me Russel Beattie's post from today Link Love Redux. I'll tell you something, seriously... link love is directly responsible for the interview that I'm going through right now which could potentially triple my current Spanish salary. Upping my Google rank flows to everything on my site, including my projects, photos, and most importantly my resume. That's how they found me. This is ALL good which is why I always appreciate the flow (even with the creative spelling of my first name). Which all reminds me it's time to stop blogtrolling, linking and procrastinating and go back to work :-) 1:00:42 PM Google It!      comment []

The Past, Present and Future of Web Services by Uche Ogbuji The Past, Present and Future of Web Services, part 1. The Past, Present and Future of Web Services, part 1 is the first installment of the Web Services Papers, a detailed history and analysis of Web Services by Fourthought, Inc. cofounder Uche Ogbuji. As Web Services moves from the crest of the hype phase towards maturity the author works to impart a fundamental understanding of how the technology evolved, and a look at where it is likely to go. This part traces the history of Web Services from the remarkably sophisticated distributed messaging tec... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] The Past, Present and Future of Web Services, part 2. The Past, Present and Future of Web Services, part 2 is the second installment of the Web Services Papers, a detailed history and analysis of Web Services by Fourthought, Inc. cofounder Uche Ogbuji. Part 2 begins with a look at the consolidation and convergence of the present period. An examination is made of the impatience of "the big players" (large companies) and other Web Services developers with the perceived slow pace of the W3C, the increasing involvement of Organization... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] Uche Ogbuji is a RDF guy if I remember from previous readings. These article are great because they give you a historical perspective on the web service standards evolution, which is important in the middle of all the vendor-propagated hype that surrounds the technology. 12:39:32 PM Google It!      comment []

Dream Anatomy: high-resolution gallery of ancient anatomical drawings from Cory Doctorow Ancient anatomy  Dream Anatomy: high-resolution gallery of ancient anatomical drawings. Can be useful for presos.       12:33:10 PM Google It!      comment []

BEA EAI with XQuery BEA pours Liquid Data. Integration software unites disparate data sources [InfoWorld: Top News] New BEA EAI story, based on XQuery. 12:29:57 PM Google It!      comment []

web service startups don't practice what they preach Swallowing your own web services medicine. Dozens of startups are vying for leadership in web services management, but the frontrunners all seem to have ... [Loosely Coupled weblog] Instead of looking for the web services management vendor with the most comprehensive solution, what customers really ought to be doing is seeking out the ones who are most open to interoperability with their competitors. Indeed, to criticize those competitors as "incomplete or overspecialized" could actually be construed as inadvertently praising them while displaying your own lack of empathy for the web services model. This reminds me of Ray Ozzie's excellent Software Platform Dynamics essay. These vendors want to provide the next level platform, and they fail to understand that Web Services are the platform already, and what they have to offer for orchestration and management is just a layered offering on top of it. Web Services does to platform vendors what the open source does to software in general: force them to interoperability and excellence. If you want people to pay for your soft, you now need to be very focused, do one thing very well, and very interoperable.   12:23:10 PM Google It!      comment []