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EMC buys VMware -adtmag
EMC this week continued its blitzkrieg move into the software business, signing a definitive agreement to acquire Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware Inc. in a cash transaction valued at approximately $635 million. This maker of virtual computing software has been one of just a few new fast-moving software companies in recent years. -Dec. 16, 2003
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Can mainframe-like technology solve your partitioning dilemma? - ITworld, Dec 8, 2000
I wrote this three years ago, but my byline seemes to have evaporated.
What's behind Microsoft's Whitehorse modeler? adtmag
After intimations from company head Bill Gates, Microsoft is set to update its modeling arsenal with software now known as ''Whitehorse.'' It is oriented for ''design for operations,'' allowing users to specify logical infrastructure requirements early in the development process, and to verify application settings against logical infrastructure. -Dec. 16, 2003
Modeler Grady Booch in IBM-land adtmag
A recent IBM Rational media day afforded the opportunity to check in with Grady Booch. The theme of the event: IBM will take a more integrated approach to development, centered on the Rational toolset. Central in that toolset: UML modeling. Meeting Grady was a great kick. He is starting out on a book that will look at major software projects and major software project types, of history. -Dec. 16, 2003
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Light in a bottle ABC, Dec 10, 2003
Physicists say they have brought light to a complete halt for a fraction of a second and then sent it on its way. Extreme cold made it possible. |
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Poem: Christimas Locomotive 1966
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