Archive for April 2001
not a fan of CMM
Mark Newman: “As you can see, I’m not a fan of CMM. I view it primarily as a means for high-priced consultants to hold seminars and sell books, not as a process to improve software.”
[Joel on Software]Sun warns of data corruption problem with UltraSPARC III
Sun warns of data corruption problem with UltraSPARC III. Firmware update fix will result in performance hit [The Register]
XSLies
XSLies is a simple XSLT application for making Web-based presentations. It uses a simple XML input file to generate an HTML slideset. The resulting layout is completely customizable using XSL and CSS.
The NT Local Administrator and Shared Passwords
SecurityFocus, Daniel Marvin: The NT Local Administrator and Shared Passwords [via Security Focus]
Mobile security flaw delivers yet another blow to IPv6
InfoWorld: Mobile security flaw delivers yet another blow to IPv6. The discovery of security flaws in the proposed Mobile IPv6 protocol means the Internet Engineering Task Force will have to develop a new method for authenticating roaming devices that use IPv6 addresses. This development means delays of months for Mobile IPv6… [Tomalak’s Realm]
Why I Believe Linux Will Fundamentally Change the IT Industry
Irving Wladawsky-Berger (Vice President, Technology and Strategy, IBM Server Group):
Why I Believe Linux Will Fundamentally Change the IT Industry. [via Linux Today]
1. It fulfills a big promise: all hardware, software and applications working together. Linux is a wonderful thing because it is the first operating system to run on any hardware platform. That means it can do for business applications what the Internet did for networking and communications— deliver on the promise of truly open, interoperable, any-to-any computing.
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2. It alters the way our industry delivers value to its customers (which is very good news for IBM).
A lot of people who have played by one set of rules in this industry are going to find out they’re now playing a different game. The widespread adoption of Linux is going to neutralize any vendor’s ability to exercise control— over customers or software developers—based on that vendor’s proprietary operating system. When applications are no longer lashed to a specific operating platform, control and choice shift away from the technology company, and into the hands of customers. This makes possible an equally seismic shift in the way value is delivered—through services, through middleware, through servers.
