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- Trouble in Penguin Land
- http://www.theregister.com/2005/04/15/perens_on_torvalds/print.htmlLooks like Torvalds got some of the Linux community upset over Bitkeeper.Linus is just mad that nobody likes BitkeeperNTNot quite.Linus Torvalds is friends with the guy that "owns" the rights to Bitkeeper, and he has let that color his reaction to reverse-engineering the protocols and file formats BK uses. ...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, BitKeeper, Linus
- Discussion threads 2005-05-04
- Torvalds unveils new Linux control system
- the BitKeeper problemI'm actually surprised that there hasn't been more mention at TR of the brouhaha that blew up over BitKeeper and SourcePuller. Linus Torvalds actually ended up siding with a proprietary software vendor against his own partner, Tridgeell, and made some strangely self-contradictory remarks about reverse engineering practice....
- Tags: apotheon, BitKeeper, Linux, open source, proprietary software, software, software development, Torvalds
- Discussion threads 2005-04-21
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- Tech Tip: Why attempts to exploit the Linux kernel failed
- By Jonathan YardenIn December 2003, someone managed to make anunauthorized change to the Linux operating system kernel, purposelycreating a root exploit. Had discovery of the flaw and consequentcorrection not been so quick, it could have become a seriousproblem. One reason the discovery of the vulnerabilitywas so speedy...
- Tags: Linux, Linux kernel, source code, Borland InterBase
- Technical articles 2004-04-09
- Tech Tip: Learn why attempts to exploit the Linux kernel failed
- By Jonathan Yarden In November of 2003, someone managed to make anunauthorized change to the Linux operating system kernel, purposelycreating a root exploit. Had discovery of the flaw and consequentcorrection not been so quick, it could have become a seriousproblem. One reason the discovery of the vulnerabilitywas...
- Tags: Borland InterBase, Linux, Linux kernel, source code
- Technical articles 2004-07-30
- Recreate prior work with source code control in Java
- David Petersheim advocates using source code control when you need to recreate work. He offers details on these functions of source code control: concurrent updates, history, source code archives, history, and versioning. Recreating work from six months ago without some source code control can be quite difficult....
- Tags: Java, David Petersheim, Programming languages, Development tools, source-code control, Java Tips Newsletter, Source Code, History, Subversion
- Technical articles 2005-08-10
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