Month: December 1999
Linux Today: Eric S. Raymond
[fm] how to write a
21-inch iMac revealed “Would you
“Would you trade your iMac’s sexy skin for a 21-inch display size? Don Hardy did, and he’s got pictures to prove it. These are fresh off the wire, and it’s so cool, we’ve asked Don for more details. Meanwhile, don’t try this at home! “
Word On the Web a
Word On the Web a list of content management systems. So why isn’t Zope listed? Seems to only have expensive closed source solutions.
The Rise of “Worse is
The Rise of “Worse is Better”
The theory is that a “worse” system, with say 50% of what is wanted, will succed over a “better” because of cost, earlyier release, etc, and fixing the remain 40% will lock people in. Intrestingly Unix and DOS were examples of a “worse” system succeding.
Python.Org Redesign Contest
It has to be ran through Zope2 and be maintianable by Python “champions”. Deadline is Monday, February 21, 2000. It is about time that python.org was Zope-ifed. Hope that all the designs are made avialable for use, even the unselect variety.
“gasmasks.com to file lawsuit against city of Seattle for outlawing the sale and possession of gas masks. President Mark Miclette states, ‘With the FBI warning US citizens about the possibility of biological and chemical terrorism, how dare Seattle not allow it’s citizens to protect themselves! No one has the right to do this. Doesn’t the US Constitution mean anything any longer?'”
Seattle and the state of
Seattle and the state of the occupation
Another Seattle WTO story from a resident.
Favorite Scripting Language Poll Questionaire on Linux.com
My pick was Perl but the results are intresting, PHP has 50%, Perl had 20-25% and Python had 7% (results when checked). I liked seeing Python as high as it was but PHP being over 50% was a shocker. Might have to explore PHP and see why it is soo cool.