Bottlenecks in information processing By Sean McGrath I have recently finished reading an interesting novel. It is a thriller based around the concepts of cost...
From my personal experience I only can agree. Examples why? Sure: 1) When I started programming, I was the kind of programmer sitting in a cubicle, getting...
One reason, that may prevent parallelisation is the cost of sending data between compters. In tasks where it is not easy to break up the processing into large...
I'll combine my opinions to Nico's e-mail below: My 2 cents ... I agree with Sean's summary that "creativity" is indeed a problem. And I think it goes deeper...
... Nico, I wholeheartedly agree with you. As Fred Brooks put it, the computer 'scientist', is a toolmaker. Our success lies in the success of those who our...
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... This is exactly the reasoning which led to the creation of the XML dialect Playwright - see http://www.rolemodellers.com - a full-power, business-oriented...
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... True "technicians" know that APL is the world's first write only language, and far more cryptic than C could ever aspire to be :-) ... Someone has been...
... ???! This is probably the worst article I have read in a very long time! I am not usually so easily annoyed. While debate about the suitability of ...
Q&A: Open-Source Guru Eric Raymond By Alexander Wolfe January 30, 2004: The president of the Open Source Initiative talks with internetnews.com about lots more...
I'm looking to define a solution to take to the colocation / web hosting market; utilising advances in distributed computing to enable providers to be able to...
Hi Is there a reason why you do not allow polls in your Group ? I was hoping to start a poll to idnetify your visitors knowledge of BPM systems. Many thanks ...
This is the current Polls setting: "Polls : Limited (members can vote in polls; moderators can create/modify/vote in polls)" Just send me your poll at...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the n-gaa group: At the request of Steve Madkins, how familiar are you with BPM? o Very: have...
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In case that poll made you feel you need to bone up on BPM, here are a couple of articles for your delectation. Gervas "Mastering Business Process Management ...
Gervas Two great articles there. Also many thanks for publishing my suggested poll. Please let me know if there are any questions from your visitors that I can...
Join the Jini Community (TM) meeting in Cambridge, Mass from March 23-25, 2004. You'll find in-depth presentations, technical discussions, debates, and ...
Long running applications and the client/server (non) distinction By Sean McGrath There is a lot of specialist terminology in this business. The average ...
Nice! But consider ... I've had browser windows up and running for months on end, so I'm sure they've outlived the server. But the client doesn't break...
I may be incorrect, but to me client-server is a simple categorisation of a style of interaction between two 'components'. The client makes requests on the...
Makes sense to me, Gordon, but otherwise I thought that the term client-server was a variable to be defined by the marketing department of each software...
For those unfamilair with JavaSpaces I have just uploaded an Introduction to JavaSpaces which you can find in the Files section. Have a read: there are some...
<<Many Java developers have embraced the non-intrusive style and flexibility of aspect-oriented programming (AOP), particularly when it comes to building...
Nowadays many of the devices we carry around with us to compute and communicate - mobile phones, PDAs, palmtops etc. - have raw power which greatly exceeds...
Here is an extract from the drole Mr. Wagner's newsletter (quite serious this one). He has some interesting points on competing business models. These will...
This is one of the grand ongoing debates in the software industry - one which is never far from tribal and emotional tugs. Here is an extract from an article...
This provokes an important practical question: if most big companies will have .NET and J2EE, what is the best method to integrate them? I have heard Codemesh...
Borland Janeva (http://www.borland.com/janeva/): "Well-suited for organizations with mixed IT environments, Borland® Janeva™ is designed to provide secure,...