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Surveying open-source AJAX toolkits | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2006-07-31 | By Peter Wayner

Link: Surveying open-source AJAX toolkits | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2006-07-31 | By Peter Wayner.

Packages from Dojo, Zimbra, Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, and OpenRico/Prototype showcase the variety of libraries available to AJAX developers

ONJava.com -- Deploying BIRT

Link: ONJava.com -- Deploying BIRT.

The Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project is an open source, Eclipse-based reporting framework that enables the creation and deployment of complex report designs.

Your one stop for Apple Boot Camp, Intel Macs, Dual Booting, Microsoft Windows XP and Mac OS X, Video Gaming on Macs

Link: Your one stop for Apple Boot Camp, Intel Macs, Dual Booting, Microsoft Windows XP and Mac OS X, Video Gaming on Macs.

Kiko - A New Kind of Online Calendar

Link: Kiko - A New Kind of Online Calendar.

Kiko is developed and hosted on an open-source application stack:

    * LigHTTPD on Debian GNU/Linux
    * the PostgreSQL database
    * Ruby on Rails
    * and the Dojo and Prototype Javascript toolkits

StikiPad : About Us

Link: StikiPad : About Us.

StikiPad is written completely in Ruby on Rails and utilizes technologies such as AJAX to increase usability within the StikiPad interface

Safari service lets readers interact on IT books in progress

Link: Safari service lets readers interact on IT books in progress.

One user of the service, Allie Rogers, chief technology officer at software vendor Triple Point Technologyies in Westport, Conn., said Rough Cuts has been a boon to him

Hey.  I made the papers, again.  This time, it's Computerworld.

Finalist has not won the RAD race yet

Link: Finalist has not won the RAD race yet.

Finalist software developers Michiel de Mare and Remco van 't Veer competed in the Developent Tools 2006 (RAD Race) as the Finalist RubyOnRails-team. They raced against Oracle, Java and 4GL specialists and didn't do badly for a pair of Java developers who play with Ruby in their spare time.

Sun can't Sell, so Sell Sun

Link: Joyeur: The Sun Doesnt Shine on Me.

Jason Hoffman of Joyent/TextDrive tells an all-to-familiar story. I can't say that I'm shocked, since we at Triple Point have had the same problem in the past. But there is some (cold?) comfort in knowing we're not the only ones. We buy, mostly, Dell. We'd love to be in bed with Sun, but since Sun just has no interest, we can't really be bothered. It's too bad. Our customers, combined, purchase and/or run our software on the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars of hardware. With its stock price hovering around $5/share, I'm not sure how Sun gets away with just ignoring these sorts of market opportunities. No doubt, sales and relationships with various pipelines (VaRs) is a complex business. Still, Dell gets it (mostly) right. Can Sun and HP really be so stupid? It seems so. Sell your stock in each.

MacSlash | Why Apple Really Ditched PowerPC

Link: MacSlash | Why Apple Really Ditched PowerPC.

Well researched and thoughtfully considered.

AnandTech: Intel Core Duo (Yonah) Performance Preview - Part II

Link: AnandTech: Intel Core Duo (Yonah) Performance Preview - Part II.

This is a review of the Intel chip used in the latest Apple iMac and MacBook Pro. The results confirm that this chip is as fast, or faster, than most existing AMD Althon 64 chips and overall beats out the Pentium M as well. The new Intel Core Duo blows away a Pentium D. The bottom line is that few if any desktops or notebooks will be faster than the latest Apple offerings.