Software

Articles about Software, software development and Open Source.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-10-23 19:14:12
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TurboLucene on Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS

Here's another victory: Managing to get TurboLucene to work on Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-10-16 21:19:53
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Victory! Authenticating Apache on Linux against Active Directory

I need to share this victory with you all! I finally managed to get Apache 2 on Ubuntu 8.04 to authenticate against Windows Active Directory.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-09-26 20:50:38
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Missing Specifications In Action

As a consultant, you get to see a lot of specifications, or rather, missing specifications in action.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-09-13 01:55:45
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Formating an USB disk drive

The problems and solutions encountered trying to format a USB disk for Linux and Windows XP.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-06-19 10:26:53
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Plone migration notes

Small notes regarding arstascouterna.org s upgrading from plone 2.1.1 to plone 2.5.5

by Martin Eliasson
2008-06-11 22:33:37
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Uncertian Constants Drives Cost

It's said that when you are 95% done in a software project, half the work to be done remains. The Uncertian Constants Drives Cost principle is one factor behind this observation.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-05-07 17:39:03
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The computer is personal again

The other day I saw an old IBM Personal Computer reminding me of why open source has the developers and the momentum.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-04-24 23:54:36
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Medical Device Software Development using Visual Source Safe

Having attended courses about medical software development and IEC 60601, TIR32, IEC62304 and ISO 14971 I've made a short evaluation on medical software development using Visual Source Safe (VSS).

by Martin Eliasson
2008-03-07 13:13:35
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US Navy wants Open Source too

It's becoming a big flood of large goverment organizations opting in for Open Source. US Navy is the latest.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-03-07 13:11:03
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The European Union is definitely for Open Source

As reported by the Open Road, the EU is recognizing the value and importance of Open Source and open standards.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-03-02 21:07:35
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500+ Million Celebration

Firefox celebrates 500+ Million downloads by giving away rice...

by Martin Eliasson
2008-02-29 12:38:21
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More enterprise projects gone expensive

For the international developers who like me search for excellence and tries to not repeat others mistakes, hers are a few facts from Swedish road administrations expensive road toll project.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-02-26 12:24:54
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A User Manufacurer Tug of War

Martin on streamlining support vs. the need to modify.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-02-08 14:48:43
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South African Guide to understanding Enterprise Software Development

Cape Horn. One of those places we all have some image of. It where two oceans meet and a huge continent ends. It's at the edge of a country know for beauty, brutality and for endless hope.

"I need your silence, your big wide open spaces" The Usual sings. So let me explain why Enterprise Consulting is going to disappoint most good programmers.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-02-06 09:20:47
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Linux in cinema animation awarded

While I've been struggling programmaing media logistics systems for Windows .NET (there got to be a better way), Edwin R. Leonard (DreamWorks) wins an Annie Award for promoting Linux in animation.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-02-02 06:54:52
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The US Army wants Linux

by Martin Eliasson
2008-01-21 22:06:37
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Python language of 2007

"Last month Python surpassed Perl for the first time in history"

by Martin Eliasson
2008-01-14 23:46:41
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If it doesen't work, buy from the bigger vendors. Not.

If you haven't got a programmers knowledge of IT and still need IT, you end up paying premium and buying from the safe big vendors. Unfortunately for the UK, that has lead to $4 billion in failed IT projects.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-01-14 02:10:57
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Another great year for Apache

The Apache foundation reports one of its best years ever.

by Martin Eliasson
2008-01-10 12:34:51
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Driving traktors on our free time or how Telia lost 1.9 million emails forever

Last year I learned the concept 'declaring email bankrupcy'. This year Swedish largest temephone operator and internet service provider Telia heads the news for having lost 300.000 custommers emails, a total estimated 1.9 million emails just before Christmas. Read below for more...

by Martin Eliasson
2007-11-08 21:30:39
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Military-strength security as bonus when running Linux

HP and RedHat has achieved Common Criteria certification at the EAL 4 level with the Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP) for HP servers running RHEL5.

RHEL5 has also been certified to run on IBM hardware obtaining the highest level of security certification achievable by commercial off-the-shelf operating systems.

by Martin Eliasson
2007-09-04 00:14:06
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SIS and the OOXML scandal

Today many newspaper in Sweden reports how several companies in last minute has bought themselves a place in the Swedish Institue of Standards (SIS) in order to make shure the OOXML from Micriosoft becomes standard disregarding the preparing work done within SIS.

Update: The SIS opted for not voting at all at the ISO meeting due to this controversy.

by Martin Eliasson
2007-04-02 11:38:26
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Suboptimizing by centralizing IT

Have you ever had the feeling that centralized IT department in companies tend to inhibit quality, progress and efficency but never been able to pinpoint why? Here´s my analysis.