Software Development

Get ready for TX: Tester Experience

Proposing a new concept for the software testing process.

Worm may create an Internet of Harmful Things, says Symantec (Take note, Amazon)

Security firm Symantec says it has found a Linux worm aimed at Internet of Things devices

Containers: The new Hypervisors

Will Containers do for PaaS what Hypervisors did for IaaS?

Cisco has this SDN thing covered

Opportunity in automated IT provisioning vs. threat of cheap hardware; Threat will be from SDN competition, IT administration

Why openSUSE, Arch, and elementary each need a mobile distro

My reasons may be selfish, but that doesn't mean more options for mobile Linux wouldn't be good for everybody.

Red Hat OpenShift delivers rapid app deployment, collaboration

Unix: Sorting information that isn’t quite numeric

Sorting data numerically and alphanumerically isn't generally much of a challenge on Unix systems, but sometimes .5 is smaller than .11.

How to build the ultimate imaginary Linux distro

If I were to sit down, right now, and build a brand-new Linux distro...what tools would I use?

Why do bad patents win?

Technical patents are beyond the cusp of most juries.

Commercializing open source software via Shareware

An experiment with my own open source software and Shareware.