Linux v2.6 scales the enterprise:

InfoWorld: Linux v2.6 scales the enterprise: January 30, 2004: By Paul Venezia: Platforms

An open letter to Eclipse membership from Sun

Article: Good explaination of situation: Sun would like to reflect on what we hope the future has in store for Java technology-based tools and the enduring Java platform.

High-End CPU�s from AMD and Intel Compared

GamePC
As you can see from the past few pages of benchmarks, AMD's Opteron looks to be the clear winner in terms of webserver and file server performance. If given the choice between these two CPU's to go into our servers, we would certainly choose the Opteron. The combination of the Opteron's memory controller, dedicated memory busses, and high-bandwidth HyperTransport system board links appears to propel the Opteron in to the lead over the Xeon. Frankly, the Apache benchmarks were the kicker for us, as when we first recognized how much more efficient the Opteron was processing data in compared to the Xeon. The difference was quite noticeable, and certainly cemented the Opteron as a very potent server CPU in our minds.

Intel shifts 64-bit emphasis

CT If they put all the effort into Xeon they put into Itanium, it could be a very impressive thing

'CtrlAltDelete'

'CtrlAltDelete' Inventor Restarts Career: "'I didn't know it was going to be a cultural icon,' Bradley said. 'I did a lot of other things than CtrlAltDelete, but I'm famous for that one.' "

Semi Stock Prices

He says that as of right now, that group trades at about six times sales, about 40 times next year's earnings, and four times the sales multiple of the S&P 500.
In 1995, when the sector was arguably at its strongest ever, the same group traded at about three times sales, 20 times next year's earnings, and a little more than two times the sales multiple of the S&P 500."

IBM POWER4

IBM POWER4 Good set of technical reports

Review of Itanium benchmark in teh Register

The Register shows a very different view of IA64 benchmarks

NewsForge | MySQL's MaxDB: A work in progress

MaxDB "MySQL, but fewer are familiar with MaxDB, MySQL's enterprise-class brother. The current MaxDB release is basically a rebranded release of SAP DB with a number of incremental improvements"

LinuxHardware.org | Customers and ISVs Flocking to IBM Linux on POWER

Customers and ISVs Flocking to IBM Linux on POWERSAP Embraces Linux

SAP AG is one of the world's leading providers of business software solutions, and through mySAP(tm) Business Suite, has been delivering Linux-based solutions since 1999 through the efforts of the SAP Linux Lab. IBM, which is a founding member of the SAP Linux Lab, has a long-standing relationship with SAP AG. Supported by SAP's 28 industry-specific solution portfolios, more than 21,600 customers in over 120 countries run more than 69,700 installations of SAP� software. 'SAP considers Linux as a strategic platform to be considered equally with other operating systems,' said Frank Witte, product manager of Open Source Strategy, SAP AG. 'Open standards are key to the solution integration and openness demanded by SAP's customers. SAP welcomes 64-bit technology by IBM and our other partners as Linux opens the door for highly scalable enterprise applications"

Jazz Radio from my youth

Eclectic Stop-Sign

Exporting messages from Outlook Express

Link: "Outlook Express' drag and drop functionality can be used to do a bulk export! "

AnandTech: Consumer Electronics Show 2004 Day 1: Motherboards at CES

"There is also excitement in the Intel camp at CES. The next generation Intel chipsets called Grantsdale and Alderwood were on display. Grantsdale roughty assumes the role of 865PE (Springdale), while Alderwood is the high performance replacement for 875P (Canterwood). "

Ars Technica - CPU and Chipset Guide

Good look at various things (64bit, moore's law, etc.)

HyperThreading article @ 2cpu.com

Hyper-threading Performance

Get the Facts on Windows and Linux

Link to MSFT info..

812248 - Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files

812248 - Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files Gives registry key to remove: VolumeCaches under HLLM\SW\MS\Win\CV\Explorer..