It may not be open source, but the VueScan software works wonders on Linux, supporting many more scanners than Sane. I've got a Nikon Coolscan V working under Linux+USB-2 with all features such as Digital ICE, that the official Nikon windows software would provide. The ICE doesn't slow things down all that much - I can get a full resolution 35mm scan in approx 1 minute.
Indeed, given a suitable XForms widget for GTK/Qt/Swing, it would allow you to add a rich client interface to a desktop application, for controlling the remote web application with very little additional development work. Sure you'd still need custom work on the non-Form aspects of the UI for the desktop app, but at least you'd share code for the data submission side of things.
From my POV the MySQL -> PostgreSQL migration isn't so important as the Oracle -> PostgreSQL migration. Having been a part of the migration team porting the Red Hat CMS from Oracle to PostgreSQL I can say that even when we started with PG 7.2 it was more than capable as an oracle replacement. With improved optimizer performance in 7.3 and now even better Pl/SQL compatability, native Win32, savepoints, PITR and replication available, there is even less reason to use Oracle. I think PG will be able to take a large chunk out of Oracle in the Low & Mid-range markets.
In which case you probably want to check out RPMPan project, which provides the entirity of CPAN packaged in RPMs and all 'apt-get'-able.
See their Source Forge page
Although not really tied to it being 64 bit, the AMD Opteron has a huge advantage in SMP arena in terms of memory bandwidth. Its hyper-transport memory I/O system lets bandwidth scale up linearly with each additional processor, while all other current Pentiums have memory I/O bus shared between all processors.
Yes, it does (well, 85% of it at least), in the form of DProbes. Dynamic Probes was ported by IBM from OS/2 to Linux way back in 2000, is distributed by SuSE and some parts are in 2.6 kernel out-of-box.
Urm, its already been done by IBM a long time ago. They ported DProbes from OS/2 to Linux way back in 2000. SuSE has distributed it for quite a while & some parts are now in stock 2.6 kernels.
See the IBM DProbes project
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Hank: Uh, hi, Homer. What can I do for you? Homer: Sir, I need to know where I can get some business hammocks. Hank: Hammocks? My goodness, what an idea. Why didn't I think of that? Hammocks! Homer, there's four places. There's the Hammock Hut, that's on third. Homer: Uh-huh. Hank: There's Hammocks-R-Us, that's on third too. You got Put-Your-Butt-There? Homer: Mm-Hmm. Hank: That's on third. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot... Matter of fact, they're all in the same complex; it's the hammock complex on third. Homer: Oh, the hammock district. Hank: That's right.
> I have heard things along the lines of JVM and >.NET bytecode to Parrot bytecode convertors, but > I'm not sure how much speculation that is. I'm not > really certain how easy it'd be, though my initial > guess is "not very".
Actually, a JVM -> Parrot converter was already done (well proof of concept) about 2+1/2 years ago now:
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.intern al s/3867
Red Hat Web Application Framework (ie what started off as the Java port called ArsDigita Community System), has a object <-> relational DB persistence layer. THis automatically generates all SQL queries, DML & DDL based on the object model you define. No these mappings are never perfect, but the sheer amount of time it saves by not having to maintain custom SQL quieries more than makes up for slightly lower performance.
See, http://rhea.redhat.com/
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It may not be open source, but the VueScan software works wonders on Linux, supporting many more scanners than Sane. I've got a Nikon Coolscan V working under Linux+USB-2 with all features such as Digital ICE, that the official Nikon windows software would provide. The ICE doesn't slow things down all that much - I can get a full resolution 35mm scan in approx 1 minute.
Indeed, given a suitable XForms widget for GTK/Qt/Swing, it would allow you to add a rich client interface to a desktop application, for controlling the remote web application with very little additional development work. Sure you'd still need custom work on the non-Form aspects of the UI for the desktop app, but at least you'd share code for the data submission side of things.
From my POV the MySQL -> PostgreSQL migration isn't so important as the Oracle -> PostgreSQL migration. Having been a part of the migration team porting the Red Hat CMS from Oracle to PostgreSQL I can say that even when we started with PG 7.2 it was more than capable as an oracle replacement. With improved optimizer performance in 7.3 and now even better Pl/SQL compatability, native Win32, savepoints, PITR and replication available, there is even less reason to use Oracle. I think PG will be able to take a large chunk out of Oracle in the Low & Mid-range markets.
In which case you probably want to check out RPMPan project, which provides the entirity of CPAN packaged in RPMs and all 'apt-get'-able. See their Source Forge page
Although not really tied to it being 64 bit, the AMD Opteron has a huge advantage in SMP arena in terms of memory bandwidth. Its hyper-transport memory I/O system lets bandwidth scale up linearly with each additional processor, while all other current Pentiums have memory I/O bus shared between all processors.
> No, linux does not already do this.
Yes, it does (well, 85% of it at least), in the form of DProbes. Dynamic Probes was ported by IBM from OS/2 to Linux way back in 2000, is distributed by SuSE and some parts are in 2.6 kernel out-of-box.
Urm, its already been done by IBM a long time ago. They ported DProbes from OS/2 to Linux way back in 2000. SuSE has distributed it for quite a while & some parts are now in stock 2.6 kernels. See the IBM DProbes project
> I have heard things along the lines of JVM and .NET bytecode to Parrot bytecode convertors, but
n al s/3867
>
> I'm not sure how much speculation that is. I'm not
> really certain how easy it'd be, though my initial
> guess is "not very".
Actually, a JVM -> Parrot converter was already done (well proof of concept) about 2+1/2 years ago now:
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.inter
Red Hat Web Application Framework (ie what started off as the Java port called ArsDigita Community System), has a object <-> relational DB persistence layer. THis automatically generates all SQL queries, DML & DDL based on the object model you define. No these mappings are never perfect, but the sheer amount of time it saves by not having to maintain custom SQL quieries more than makes up for slightly lower performance.
See, http://rhea.redhat.com/
BTW, if you haven't already read this book & are even slightly interested in security, I can strongly recommend it. It covers everything from smart cards, nuclear command & control, radio monitoring, GSM, ATM & credit cards, biometrics, through to the standard encryption protocols & e-commerce.