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Comment Re:Re-usable libraries (Score 1) 278

by john_anderson_ii on Wednesday August 13, 2008 @03:17PM (#24588311) Attached to: Bash Cookbook

Why would they need to lean new syntax? We still use bash syntax when writing BPE scripts. They need only to learn the names, arguments, and returns of the function calls. Just like they would for any software product. It's not like the BPE implementation is restricting them from learning perl or python or anything else

Doing advanced things in bash is a personal hobby mine, and if it proves useful to other admins and the company as well, than that's just a bonus.

Submission + - Video interview of Linus Torvalds on Linux 2.7

Submitted by daria42 on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @09:24PM

daria42 writes: ZDNet Australia has put up a video interview of Linux creator Linus Torvalds talking about the kernel development process, explaining why the unexpected resilience of kernel version 2.6 has delayed the move to kernel version 2.7. "One of the original worries was that we would not be able to make big changes within the confines of the development model ... I always said that if there is something so fundamental that everything will break then we will start at 2.7 at that point," Torvalds says in the interview. "We have been able to do fairly invasive things even while not actually destabilising the kernel. It has surprised me and other people how well we have been able to do big changes that did not cause havoc."

Apple To Play Fairer With FairPlay? 153

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @09:07PM from the all's-fair dept.

NewbieMonster writes "According to tech.co.uk, Apple is about to license its Fairplay DRM to Made for iPod accessory manufacturers. It's reported that Apple will also allow streaming of protected AAC content via USB. Could this signal a move to allowing other music players to access and play ITMS content?" From the article: "The expected announcements could signal a move on Apple's part to take some of the sting out of its Fairplay DRM which has come in for a great deal of criticism over recent months. It may also be a way of keeping Made For iPod makers onside, as the draw of the Microsoft Zune becomes stronger." Anyone noticed the draw of the Microsoft Zune becoming stronger?

Submission + - IE7: 100 Million Downloads, Still Falling Behind?

Submitted by

Kelson

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:28PM

Kelson writes: "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's marketshare has continued to grow. Information Week reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"

Submission + - MS allows free OS with DX10 support?

Submitted by

neersign

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:27PM

neersign writes: "There appears to be a BSD-derived operating system under development claiming it will have full DirectX 10 support. The developer claims they have made a deal with Microsoft where the source must be closed but the operating system can be released for free, only with the request that users legally own one Microsoft operating system. The operating system is called XSOS and it uses what is assumed to be a modified BSD kernel released under the BSD license with Windows running in emulation on top of it. Discussions about the operating system can be found here and here. The home page for the project is here."

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