There may only be dozens of Linux servers, compared to over a thousand Linux desktops, but it’s still not easy picking the right one for your enterprise. Let me help. With over twenty years of Linux experience, I know a thing or two about Linux servers. I think the single most important factor in choosing…
New Global Survey: Windows Developers Report Exploding Demand for Mobile Apps, but Current Tools Can’t Deliver
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•85 percent have a strategic imperative to deliver apps on mobile devicesAn overwhelming 95 percent of respondents believe common source code for desktop and mobile is highly desirable85 percent believe that native apps provide the best mobile user experienceMaidenhead, UK – September 11, 2013 – A global survey sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider…
Embarcadero Launches RAD Studio XE5 with True Native Android and iOS Support, Allowing Developers to Reach the Largest Addressable Mobile Markets
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•New Survey Shows 85% of Windows Developers are Tasked with Developing Mobile Apps and 95% See Value in Using Common Source Code for Both Desktop and MobileMaidenhead, UK – September 11, 2013 – Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider of software solutions for application and database development, today announced the availability of RAD Studio XE5, a…
Free Software Foundation statement on new iPhone models from Apple
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•The Free Software Foundation encourages users to avoid all Apple products, in the interest of their own freedom and the freedom of those around them. Source: Free Software
Moore-Wilson: Efficient Digital Agency DevOps with AppNeta
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•Moore-Wilson is a British design and development agency, purveyors of “bespoke technology solutions”. In other words, they’re in charge of the full web app experience, from design and development to lifecycle maintenance. Their projects are mostly PHP-based, often using Drupal as a CMS base. High-profile clients include British National Air Traffic Services, which runs UK…
Efficiency in Development Workflows: Deployment Pipelines
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•Having a Deployment Pipeline in place is extremely helpful! Learn how to set it up and how to deploy to production servers with Zero Downtime Deployment in this article. A deployment pipeline lays out the whole process that your code needs to go through from your repository to production. It breaks the build into several…
Flashback: "I’m Doing a (Free) Operating System (Just a Hobby)" – Linus Torvalds
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•Twenty-two years ago today, a Finnish student by the name of Linus Torvalds sent an email that is now one of the iconic communications of the Internet era. In it, he told the comp.os.inix newsgroup – a newsgroup for all those using minix (from mini-Unix), a Unix-like computer operating system based on a microkernel architecture…
MongoDB Exorcises File Fragmentation Demons
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•This article shares with the development community the analysis that was performed at FireScope as it relates to the use of “usePowerOf2Sizes” and details how to enable this feature. It also covers both size and performance implications of this new capability. In sharing our analysis we hope that others may realize the same benefits that…
FSF launches fundraising program for Replicant, the fully free Android-based mobile OS
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•BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Thursday, July 25, 2013 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched a fundraising initiative for Replicant (http://replicant.us), a fully free Android distribution and the first mobile operating system (OS) to run without relying on proprietary system code. Replicant’s small volunteer developer team is focused on improving their OS, while also…