April 11, 2011
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Migrating from a waterfall programming model to Agile development means far more than learning new programming techniques. A move to Agile means adopting a new way of seeing software development and project deliveries. Agile and old-style programmers don’t have to … Continue reading
March 28, 2011
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James Gosling, the creator of Java, has joined Google. Oracle, which bought Sun, Gosling’s former company, must hate this. I always thought Oracle buying Sun was a dumb idea. While you can argue that, there can’t be any argument that … Continue reading
March 23, 2011
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If it’s not broke, then don’t fix it. I may make a living on the cutting edge of technology, but I like that advice. Now, just as we’re finally switching from IPv4 to IPv6 for the Internet’s master protocol, the … Continue reading
March 22, 2011
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The claims that Android has intellectual property worries from Linux and its Gnu General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2) are rather absurd. After all, Android is a smartphone/tablet optimized Linux. Android may have real legal worries from Microsoft and Oracle, … Continue reading
March 17, 2011
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Does Google’s Android smartphone and tablet operating system violate Oracle’s patents? Who knows. I’m no software patent lawyer, but I cover intellectual property (IP) lawsuits far too often and I expect it will be years before the courts decide, or, … Continue reading
March 16, 2011
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Red Hat has decided it’s no going to be Mr. Nice Linux anymore for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) clone makers such as Oracle and CentOS . Sure, in open-source, you share the code. That’s rule one. But, that doesn’t … Continue reading