[2003-09-30] Response to SCO's Open Letter
Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens respond to the SCO Group: Mr. McBride, in your "Open Letter to the Open Source Community" your offer to negotiate with us comes at the end of a farrago of falsehoods, half-truths, evasions, slanders, and misrepresentations. You must do better than this. We will not attempt to erect a compromise with you on a foundation of dishonesty.
[2003-09-16] Virtual PC for Mac OS X
Virtual PC for Windows, Mac (OS 9 or X) and OS/2 creates virtual machines that can run multiple Windows versions. This is particularly advantageous for Mac users, but even ordinary PC users can find value in this. It's easy to have Linux, Windows 98, Windows ME, 2000, XP Home and XP professional all on the same machine.
[2003-09-15] Kernel Link Failures
That's a pretty awful feeling, isn't it? You've got to link a new kernel because you need to change a value or needed to add something, and it fails.
[2003-09-08] Five Lessons Open Source Developers Should Learn from Extreme Programming
Extreme Programming, or XP, isn't so much revolutionary as it is evolutionary. Developers have known the value of code reviews, testing, and good communication for decades, though we've ignored that knowledge far too often in practice. Five Lessons You Should Learn from Extreme Programming explained several XP practices that apply to non-XP projects. A little common sense, a bit of learning from failure, and a lot of discipline can improve your team.
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