(Linux, Apache, MySQL, P for PHP, Perl and Python) The core set of system software and programming languages used in a Web server that runs under Linux. A LAMP application implies a non-Windows environment.
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- Digital Web Business News: Weekly Report - Oct. 8, 2008
- There are an incredible amount of startups and established companies who are releasing tools and practices for digital Web strategies for businesses on a weekly basis. Since I cannot cover them all I have set out to prepare a weekly snapshot of digital Web news that impacts businesses of all...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Microsoft christens next tool suite release 'Visual Studio 2010'
- Microsoft christens next tool suite release 'Visual Studio 2010'I dont think that's true.VS brings together many well understood tools into a convenient IDE. I mean, if you know unit testing on VS, then running JUnit on Eclipse is a small learning step, right?In many way, Visual Studio does the same...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Let there be light: dissigno spurs off-the-grid development
- This is one of those posts that I should have written many, many weeks ago because the green technology that's involved is of a type that will have an impact on much, much more than simply a corporate IT environment. Since I'm in a do-gooder mood this evening, this is...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Red Hat buys Qumranet, adds gasoline to the spreading VDI bonfire
- VDI, somewhat ironically, may also work well for market mover Microsoft as it seeks to slow the momentum to outright web-based and OSS/LAMP-supported applications and services for large businesses. Microsoft must realize that enterprises have had it with the high cost of maintaining and managing the traditional Windows OS in...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Are we to have two Internets?
- Are we to have two Internets?And what machine were you testing?"Apache dies when hit with about seven to ten thousand user floods. Yaws just kept on going on up to 85,000 simultaneous users."What kind of setup did you test this on?Great responseI don't agree with all your premises but I...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Windows 7 wishes
- Today Ed Bott has been furiously rubbing the lamp hoping that the great genie Sinofsky will appear and grant him some wishes. Well, since there's a chance that Microsoft is listening, here's my wishlist. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashes
- MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashesMost students can't afford Microsoft's...products. So they turn to open source. This has MS worried. So they are doing whatever they can to keep the next generation of IT personnel using their products.My son graduated with a degree in computer science three...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-16
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourceA little simple reasoning... is enough to reveal what's going on. Let's try.Quote: "Anything you can do with Microsoft servers, clients, Office, and dot.net technologies I can do better [i.e. at some combination of greater functionality, lower risk, and lower cost] using the standard LAMP/SAMP...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- Plat'Home OpenBlockS: Made in Japan
- Embedded Linux devices have always fascinated me, because besides on the server, it's where I think the Open Source OS is going to make the most impact. From 2002 to 2004, I worked for SHARP as a developer liaison consultant on the very much before its time ZAURUS Linux/Java PDA,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?
- When the time came for a new PBX, Brian Snipes chose to do something a bit unconventional. The IT manager at law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton LLP didn't purchase a commercial PBX, nor did he settle on the open source market leader,...
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- LCD TVs recommended over plasma TVs in retail, Samsung and Sony top recommended brands
- LCD TVs recommended over plasma TVs in retail, Samsung and Sony top recommended brandsPlasma and LCD can fight it out all they want...I still think the best value in HD TV's is DLP.There's no other way you can get a huge 61" 1080P set with ports galore, a gorgeous picture,...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United KingdomDatabasesSince you're paying attention... look at bills, proclamations, edicts, etc. in other parts of the world including the USA.The senate just passed a sweeping communications bill that has the same effect as the UK's "proposal". Seems that the G8 or some other organization...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Tahiti: Microsoft's ultimate many-core destination
- Tahiti: Microsoft's ultimate many-core destinationmulticoreinfo.comCheck out http://multicoreinfo.com for multicore related news and programming resources.Tired of CoresI'm tired of the core nonsense. How about we use the existing cores more effectively?Anyone stick a scratched CD/DVD into a Vista machine and enjoy the explorer freeze-up while some blocking i/o is going on?...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- When proprietary companies go open source
- I've been burning the midnight oil yet again, working like a beaver on speed as I build my software castle on a server in Los Angeles not that beavers build castles. It's going well, and we are on the verge of starting trials in the UK. If any of you...
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Larry misses the mark on Yahoo BOSS
- Larry Dignan wrote an article today called "Yahoo's desperate search times call for open source", about this week's announcement of the Yahoo BOSS platform. Unfortunately Larry has gotten it all wrong. The first problem is that Yahoo BOSS is not open source. They've...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Dell Studio 15
- Parsing the intended markets for Dell's ever-shifting in-house brand names requires a bit of tea-leaf reading, although it's been easier of late, with the company stripping down its consumer brands to just the Inspiron and XPS lines. Now the company is adding a new line between the budget Inspiron and...
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- Samsung SP-A800B
- Samsung's flagship one-chip DLP-based home theater projector, the SP-A800B, takes accuracy of signal reproduction to a new level. My previous reference projector, the Samsung SP-H710AE, was designed by Joe Kane, and that well-known video guru and author of Digital Video Essentials also designed the SP-A800B. While the 710E is spectacularly...
- Product reviews 2008-06-10
- Microsoft's Dynamic IT
- Microsoft's Dynamic ITMircrosoft has several issues[i]I guess that Microsoft doesn’t know or doesn’t care that these people already have processes, people and software products in place to do these things.[/i]That's one of many process issues MSFT has to face. Let's take another example. Say I'm building a large...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Boost security by stopping these 10 Linux services on your server
- So you have that smokin' Linux LAMP server up and running, and you want it to be as secure as possible. But what services should you stop permanently to increase security -- and how do you go about it? Jack Wallen offers a look at 10 commands you can use...
- Download resources 2008-06-10
- Disney World in 3D on Google Earth
- Check out Disney World in Google Earth -- it's in full 3D glory, including trees, benches lamp posts, buildings, etc. It's also easy to get more information about landmarks in the form of audio clips, videos and write ups. Check out Google's official announcement here. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
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