Thanks for the links! I was looking for those for a while. I discussed the idea of a ETS for webmaster work for a while. Very similar to a LETS, but based on a virtual community of webmaster, who could trade their skills. A website would act as a clearing station and a blackboard for jobs and coders. But the system has not got very far at the moment, althought there a couple of interested folks.
Thanks for the links. I know about the ELKS project, but it's still experimental and doesn't support 386 hardware properly, whit limits it's features a lot. I'm also aware about many mini distros, but since they are usually targeted at some special purpose, you can hardly use them for development or educational purposes (hey, I code on my 386sx!).
Where are the Linux distros, that work with 4MB? I was looking for one (for my old notebook), but it seems they're hardly available. They would be great to recycle old 386s und 486s...
Are you sure about the concentration in the states? I'm working on some OSS projects and it seems to me, that more and more developers are from Europe. And I consider it a problem, that it's harder to find developers in the US.
Would you mind to add ArgoUML to your list? Losts of nice folks using Java voluntarily for a big Opensource project. Uses AWT, Swing, etc. and is actually usable! (No, not too slow).
The debugger was usually better than the compiler. I still have the BC++ Manuals for DOS standing here and remember the funny code it created for 32-bit CPUs. You could check it with the debugger, since it showsd the assembler code just fine.
Sorry, but I'm only aware of 2 tutorials on UML and they are both available only in German. One is from a school here and the other is from a institute for experimental software engineering.
The good news is, that several people are working on documentation for ArgoUML now. And this includes a nice manual, mainly written by Jeremy Bennett. Look at the argo-dev mailing list for the latest infos...:-)
It seems, there are already some people running Orp+Classpath with serious apps. Unfortunately no usable GUI classes yet, but the potential is there.
Yeah, but only for US/Canadian folks... :-(
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Is it, because they don't trust in our shiny new European currency? Hey, Linux is more popular over here, than in the US! Sell a PowerPlay 3 with a SDK CD for about 100 Euro, and apps shouldn't be an issue within no time...
Same works in Java. Embed a Python or Scheme interpreter in your Java app. Yes, you have to know both languages, but at the end, a simple a clean Scheme program should be easier to understand than a lot of hacked Java code.
Just recently there was this posting on globalization and I posted that/. means globalization, since it brings people from around the world together. Now I read that/. story on this guy from Afghanistan, while a few minutes away, airlifters start for their 24h trip to bring food to Afghanistan.
Don't be so harsh. I moved from C++ to Java a few years ago and have no regrets. I use ArgoUML on a JDK 1.2.2, which is slow, compared to the JDK 1.3.1 on my other platform. Point is, that it's fast _enough_ to be very useful. Tons of problems, where Java might help to get a solution.
Really? Last time I was there (about 2 weeks ago), they had no beer in McD.
But my comment on globalization:
Slashdot is globalization. People from all over the world sharing their ideas and views on news, that affect the entire world in some way.
Sites like rentacoder.com or scriptlance.com are globalization. A totally global job market, where the US student has to compete with a programmer from India.
There are also distros, that target specific hardware (i.e. Tiny Linux for older hardware) or a specific purpose (i.e. distros to turn your machine into a router etc). See the freshmeat.net list of distros.
Just to get some distraction and some sleep afterwards, I coded some c64 stuff on paper last week. Only small pieces like joystick status, sprite movements etcs. Usually less than 30 bytes. Now I wonder if could write a very simple pong in less than 256 bytes. Maybe next week...
Depends on the kinda software you look. As an example, there are a couple of Opensource Java developers working on the Apache Java projects, ArgoUML and others.
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Thanks for the links! I was looking for those for a while. I discussed the idea of a ETS for webmaster work for a while. Very similar to a LETS, but based on a virtual community of webmaster, who could trade their skills. A website would act as a clearing station and a blackboard for jobs and coders. But the system has not got very far at the moment, althought there a couple of interested folks.
Thanks for the links. I know about the ELKS project, but it's still experimental and doesn't support 386 hardware properly, whit limits it's features a lot.
I'm also aware about many mini distros, but since they are usually targeted at some special purpose, you can hardly use them for development or educational purposes (hey, I code on my 386sx!).
Thanks anyway!
Where are the Linux distros, that work with 4MB? I was looking for one (for my old notebook), but it seems they're hardly available. They would be great to recycle old 386s und 486s...
Since most of this spam comes from US companies, have you ever thought what kinda picture it leaves in other parts of the world?
German govt. is also supporting Opensource in other ways. I.e. by providing Berlios.
Do you mean Krippenhaus?
Oh, and I run a Slackware 3 on my 386SX25 Notebook with 4MB Ram and 80MB HD. Couldn't run the 2.4.x Kernels so far.
Are you sure about the concentration in the states? I'm working on some OSS projects and it seems to me, that more and more developers are from Europe. And I consider it a problem, that it's harder to find developers in the US.
Would you mind to add ArgoUML to your list? Losts of nice folks using Java voluntarily for a big Opensource project. Uses AWT, Swing, etc. and is actually usable! (No, not too slow).
The debugger was usually better than the compiler. I still have the BC++ Manuals for DOS standing here and remember the funny code it created for 32-bit CPUs. You could check it with the debugger, since it showsd the assembler code just fine.
Sorry, but I'm only aware of 2 tutorials on UML and they are both available only in German. One is from a school here and the other is from a institute for experimental software engineering.
:-)
The good news is, that several people are working on documentation for ArgoUML now. And this includes a nice manual, mainly written by Jeremy Bennett. Look at the argo-dev mailing list for the latest infos...
I'd rather start with the use cases...
It seems, there are already some people running Orp+Classpath with serious apps. Unfortunately no usable GUI classes yet, but the potential is there.
Is it, because they don't trust in our shiny new European currency? Hey, Linux is more popular over here, than in the US! Sell a PowerPlay 3 with a SDK CD for about 100 Euro, and apps shouldn't be an issue within no time...
Same works in Java. Embed a Python or Scheme interpreter in your Java app. Yes, you have to know both languages, but at the end, a simple a clean Scheme program should be easier to understand than a lot of hacked Java code.
Just recently there was this posting on globalization and I posted that /. means globalization, since it brings people from around the world together. Now I read that /. story on this guy from Afghanistan, while a few minutes away, airlifters start for their 24h trip to bring food to Afghanistan.
Don't be so harsh. I moved from C++ to Java a few years ago and have no regrets. I use ArgoUML on a JDK 1.2.2, which is slow, compared to the JDK 1.3.1 on my other platform. Point is, that it's fast _enough_ to be very useful. Tons of problems, where Java might help to get a solution.
Really? Last time I was there (about 2 weeks ago), they had no beer in McD.
But my comment on globalization:
Slashdot is globalization. People from all over the world sharing their ideas and views on news, that affect the entire world in some way.
Sites like rentacoder.com or scriptlance.com are globalization. A totally global job market, where the US student has to compete with a programmer from India.
There are also distros, that target specific hardware (i.e. Tiny Linux for older hardware) or a specific purpose (i.e. distros to turn your machine into a router etc). See the freshmeat.net list of distros.
Just to get some distraction and some sleep afterwards, I coded some c64 stuff on paper last week. Only small pieces like joystick status, sprite movements etcs. Usually less than 30 bytes. Now I wonder if could write a very simple pong in less than 256 bytes. Maybe next week...
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Hi! I'm German. My favorite distro is RedHat. My favorite news site is Slashdot. That's where I learned that all generalizations are false. :)
You have to consider training. It took my state 3 years to train the gov for NT, before all the machines were actually running.
Opensource is really popular over here. Even the gov is trying to catch up by establishing an Opensource site called Berlios.
Depends on the kinda software you look. As an example, there are a couple of Opensource Java developers working on the Apache Java projects, ArgoUML and others.