Titan3025 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Don't (Score 1) 558

by Titan3025 on Monday September 01, 2008 @01:43PM (#24832721) Attached to: Java, Where to Start?

I think Java is the right choice even if there are thousands of java programmers in cheap labor countries.

I think if you are being afraid of being outsourced your doing something wrong anyways. Independantly of java being popular.
If your choice of programming language alone saves you in your job I feel sorry for you.

What is the Ultimate Linux Development Environment? 643

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday August 30, 2006 @07:55PM from the do-our-tools-need-improvement dept.

nachmore asks: "I've been programming on Linux for a while now, always content to use vi for my editing and any debugger tools out there (gdb for C/C++, and so forth). As part of my SoC project I was working on Thunderbird (my first huge project on Linux) and I found that , although shell-based tools can do the job, they lack in easy project management, ease of debugging and other development features. I've only ever programmed with a GUI on Windows — and I have to admit that I find Dev Studio to be one of the few programs that Microsoft seems to have gotten (nearly) right. I've played around with Eclipse but find it's C/C++ support still lacking. So what GUIs would you recommend for Linux? I would like something with debugging (single step, step through, step-to-end, etc) support, CVS access and of course, support for large projects (e.g. Mozilla) and especially good support for C/C++. Is there anything really good out there, or is vi the way to go?"

Linux's iPod Generation Gap 533

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 17, 2006 @05:44PM from the we-used-to-think-we-just-needed-a-good-mail-app dept.

An anonymous submittor says "Today's young generation can use Linux on the desktop provided it works with their iPod. Linux on the desktop still hasn't reached that stage and has to be compatible with multimedia applications like iTunes and iPod if it has to beat Microsoft's Windows dominance on the desktop. Open source gurus at LinuxWorld discuss solutions to make Linux more consumer-friendly."

Microsoft Port 25 interviews Miguel de Icaza 202

Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday August 11, 2006 @05:14PM from the something-to-read dept.

Ben Galliart writes "Microsoft's Port 25 blog, the voice of MS Linux Labs and a spin-off from the MS Channel 9 blog, has an interview with Miguel de Icaza where they discuss the Gnome and Mono projects. It is a nice change of pace to see Microsoft go from attacking Novell and Linux to interviewing a Novell employee about a Linux desktop system. Port 25 has come under some fire since they can not always be trusted. Port 25 has on occasion put out FUD such as claiming Microsoft is doing more to improve security than any other vendor and a security guide attacking Red Hat for not providing security updates for Red Hat v9 despite that Red Hat ended support back in 2004. They have also released a password synchronization daemon for Red Hat, AIX, HPUX and Solaris that must run as root and makes several calls to strcpy() (which violates Microsoft's guidelines for doing secure coding)."

GnuCash 2.0.0 Released 282

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 10, 2006 @01:17PM from the as-long-as-they-have-support-for-very-small-balances dept.

tashanna writes "After a very welcome GTK2 conversion and some additional feature hacking, GnuCash has released version 2.0.0. Other notable changes include: 'OFX DirectConnect which can directly retrieve and import account statements over the Internet, a "Hide account" feature to keep a better overview of your current accounts tabbed window functionality, the ability to create budgets within GnuCash using your account data, support for Accounting Periods, the data file format has been improved with respect to international characters data files with international characters can be transferred to other countries flawlessly, GnuCash Help and Guide are now fully integrated with the GNOME Help system (Yelp).'"

Lotus Notes For Linux To Be Released By IBM 219

Posted by Hemos on Monday July 10, 2006 @08:09AM from the follow-on-corporate dept.

gamigad writes "According to ZDNet, Lotus Notes 7.0.1 will be released for Linux. Availability is expected to be on July 24. It ain't gonna be a free lunch, tho" It's going to be based mainly on the Eclipse framework, and it does appear that you'll be able to swap a Linux version for a Windows or Mac version if you so choose.

Xbox 360 Wins Through 2009? 306

Posted by Zonk on Friday June 30, 2006 @11:40AM from the more-fun-with-analysts dept.

simoniker writes "As part of a recent MI6 Conference presentation, IDG's Jason Anderson made predictions on the North American installed base of the next-gen consoles through 2008. He predicts that the Xbox 360 will continue to hold a lead into 2009, with the PS3 just behind and the Wii trailing significantly. In particular: 'In 2008, Anderson suggests 15.5 million units in homes for the Xbox 360, 13.5 million for PS3, and 6.8 million for Wii.' Is the Wii really going to trail by so much, or do the analysts not 'get it'?"

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