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I've been wanting to write about this for several days now, but this was my first opportunity. ZDNet ran an article this week blaming Microsoft for responsibility in a three-hour shutdown of Souther California air traffic recently.  But reading the article clearly points out that the problem wasn't the Microsoft operating system, ...

There are really only two types of programmers.  Those that use only a basic editor.  And those that use an IDE (integrated development environment).  I began as an editor-only guy nearly 20 years ago only because IDEs were few and far between.  But over time, as I began doing less CAD-only development, I began warming to the ...

I ran into this interesting piece on Wired News over the weekend about a session at last week's JavaOne Conference about the merits of taking Java open-source. Two things struck me about it. The lack of enthusiasm to the whole open-source issue, and just how much Sun sounds like Microsoft when it comes to taking their software ...