User: gnobal

The story by the developer, Alexander Maryanovsky

On: GPL Gets Its Day in Court in Israel

http://jin.sourceforge.net/ichessu/

So.... did they come?

On: Time Travelers' Convention

So... did they come?

Friendly advice

On: Hotmail, Others Follow Gmail's Storage Boost

Backup your Hotmail account

The memo only speaks about Sun's implementation

On: Even Sun Can't Use Java

I think it has been overlooked that the memo only refers to Sun's implementation of the JRE. For my Java development I've always preffered IBM's implementation which is considerabely faster (several comparisons have been made in the past) and IMHO more stable.

There are, of course, other good implementations of the JRE which work better than Sun's. To me, Sun's JRE is just another option, and does not imply anything about Java in general.

Microsoft may use Mono to harm Linux SW dev.

On: Mono - 'Breaking Down the .Net Barriers'

IMHO Microsoft allows the development of Mono for the purpose of changing the license terms of a later version of the .NET platform in a way that will not allow Mono to coexist with other open-source software.

Imagine the harm done if this happens after many developers adopt .NET as their Linux development platform.

It's not about KLOC, but everyone does it

On: It's Not About Lines of Code

A boss of mine once said: "No one likes counting KLOC, but everyone does it". Have you ever worked in a big company that didn't count lines of code? I haven't.

But, as a programmer, there are two things I really like doing with existing code: adding consts and removing duplicates ;)