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Submission + - Web Testing Framework Windmill 1.0 Almost Done (sdtimes.com)

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "I just wrote up an interview I conducted with Michael Rogers and Adam Christian, two of the core developers behind Windmill. They're getting close to finishing up version 1.0 of this open source Web testing framework. For those of you familiar with Selenium, Windmill is quite similar, with some definite differences. For one thing, it's easier to debug applications using Windmill, and tests can be written in JavaScript, Python and C. But Rogers and Christian seem even more enthusiastic about the fact they their team is easily available for questions either through email or on IRC, something they said is lacking on the Selenium project. Rogers was hired earlier this year to work on Windmill full time for Mozilla."
Businesses

Submission + - Computer Recycling Heroes Faces Closure (accrc.org)

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "With the price of oil and copper still falling, some unexpected folks are being caught in the crosshairs of the on-coming recession. The Alameda County Computer Resource Center, the non-profit computer recyclers in Berkeley who take old PCs, put Linux on them, then give them away for free, are in dire trouble. The collapse of the scrap metals market has put the squeeze on at the non-profit, and unless $20,000 is raised by this coming Friday, the facility will have to close, possibly forever. Donations of money, equipment and time are being asked for by the ACCRC's staff. Anyone who can help would be extremely appreciated."
Windows

Submission + - Pouring Out More On Midori (sdtimes.com)

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "My colleague, David Worthington, first revealed info on Microsoft's experimental post-Windows OS Midori earlier this week. While many other bloggers have chimed in with thoughts and speculation, most notably the strangely uninformed and defensive views of Robert Scoble, Worthington has posted even more information on Midori this morning, adding further details on the underlying virtualization infrastructure, and how Midori is intended to function along-side existing Windows environments. Worthington is the reporter who originally smuggled the Midori plans out of Microsoft."
Windows

Submission + - Microsoft's Midori: Post Windows OS

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "My colleague, David Worthington, managed to smuggle some very interesting documents out of Microsoft this week. The docs reveal the Redmond Giant's plans for a post-Windows operating system. Worthington writes that "Microsoft is incubating a componentized non-Windows operating system known as Midori, which is being architected from the ground up to tackle challenges that Redmond has determined cannot be met by simply evolving its existing technology. Midori is an offshoot of Microsoft Research's Singularity operating system, the tools and libraries of which are completely managed code. Midori is designed to run directly on native hardware (x86, x64 and ARM), be hosted on the Windows Hyper-V hypervisor, or even be hosted by a Windows process.""
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft's plans for post-Windows OS revealed 1

Submitted by dp619
dp619 writes: Microsoft is designing a new componentized operating system called "Midori" from the ground up. Midori has an asynchronous architecture and is designed for both local and distributed concurrency, allowing applications' capabilities to exist in multiple places. Applications are all written in managed code, and Midori runs on native hardware (x86, x64 and ARM), can be hosted on the Windows Hyper-V hypervisor, or coexist with Windows. SD Times has the full details.
Businesses

Submission + - Is This The End Of IT Project Planning? (sysmannews.com)

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "When was the last time you had an IT planning meeting without a business person in the room? In times past, the head of IT typically got his marching orders, then created and controlled new projects in whatever way made sense. But business people today want to be in on the IT decision making process, they want to head up the requirements gathering, and they're tying expenses directly to IT budgets. IT is no longer just there to support the business; for many companies it is the business, and that means projects aren't likely to be handed off and forgotten until complete. Michelle Savage took a look at this issue, and tried to find out if traditional IT planning, as we've known it, is doomed. Now that they've taken an interest in the server room, will the suits ever leave?"
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Role Playing (Games)

Submission + - Behind the Scenes at Sony's NOC (sysmannews.com)

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "Earlier this year, I spoke to Mark Rizzo, the man who manages the people who run Sony's online game servers. Rizzo learned the ropes of MMO hosting back on Ultima Online, and we chatted about where the tough problems were then versus now. Rizzo compares the operation to a 24/7 scientific simulation, albeit with some sassier and more involved end-users. His favorite innovation since those early days? Rapidly provisioning and deploying Linux installations tailor-made to their purposes. For the June 1 issue of the new newspaper, The Systems Management News, I wrote up this piece on Rizzo and his band of 50-some-odd sysadmin-cum-dungeon-masters."
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft is hiding 'Oslo' in plain site (sdtimes.com)

Submitted by dp619
dp619 writes: Microsoft has revealed an early mock up of the technology it will use to manage composite applications throughout its 'Oslo' wave of SOA infrastructure products. Configuration Service 2.0 is based on the use of service configuration databases, and works with Windows Communication Foundation to keep services synchronized and for its load balancing capabilities.
Classic Games (Games)

Submission + - Unknown Atari 2600 Game Found at Flea Market (gism.net) 2

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "I was at the flea market in Oakland, yesterday, when a pile of EPROMs caught my eye. When I got them home, I found that they were actually prototypes for Colecovision games. A few were unpublished or saw limited print runs like Video Hustler (billiards). Others were fully released, like WarGames. But the crowning jewel is what look to be a number of chips with various revisions of Cabbage Patch Kids Adventures in the Park for Atari 2600. This game was never released, and has never been seen. It was a port of the version for Colecovision, and this lot of chips also included the Coleco version. So, now I have to find someone who can dump EPROMs gently onto a PC so we can play this never-before seen game, which is almost certainly awful."
Programming

Submission + - TCL Turns 20 (sdtimes.com)

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "TCL has turned 20 already? The Tool Command Language hit that mark in January. After 20 years, the language is still being developed and matured, though its originator, John Osterhout has since given up the reins of control. I chatted with John about the past, present and future of the language with the name no one wants to pronounce in a management meeting."
Programming

Submission + - The Worst of Software Development, 2007 (blogspot.com)

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VonGuard
VonGuard writes: "In our efforts to find the best software development tools, frameworks and environments from 2007 for our annual SD Times 100 list, the SD Times has decided to also put out a call for suggestions on the worst of 2007. We'd like you, the people who actually have to use all these ALM/SCM/IDE/SOA/CMM solutions to let us know who's lying through their teeth, who's completely lost in their own marketing, and who's selling your company crap on a disc and licensing it at $50,000 a head. Head over to Alan Zeichick's blog to read about our inspiration, and then head over to the polling station to vote for the worst software development tools of 2007. The results will be published in a few months, both on our Web site, and in the Software Development Times newspaper."
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Ships Deleted Files

Submitted by Anonymous
Anonymous writes: A new QC issue has struck Redmond. SD Times is reporting that Microsoft inadvertently shipped deleted files on Virtual Hard Drives (VHDs) it provides for customers to evaluate its software. Microsoft, a company made famous by shipping software, failed to follow the prescriptive guidance that it gives developers that distribute VHDs. A variety of files were recovered including pictures, Windows XP cabs, and a third parter defragmenter.
Microsoft

Submission + - Huge corporate Vista deployment

Submitted by daria42
daria42 writes: Most corporations are shunning Windows Vista so far until service pack 1 is released, but the Australian Customs Service will shortly rollout the new operating system to more than five thousand desktops all around Australia.

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