Historians Recreate Source Code of First 4004 Application
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| The team of 'digital archaeologists' who developed the technology behind the
| Intel Museum's 4004 microprocessor exhibit have done it again. 36 years after
| Intel introduced their first microprocessor on November 15, 1971, these
| computer historians have turned the spotlight on the first application
| software ever written for a general-purpose microprocessor...
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/15/1818248&from=rss
Here's a weird 'open source' application (can't get to development on theie
site).
XWiki vies for top spot in enterprise market
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| As hordes of European Java programmers descend on the JavaPolis conference in
| Belgium in mid-december, the developers of XWiki hope to turn heads with
| their "second-generation" wiki software that includes experimental
| integration with the Google Docs spreadsheet module.
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http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/feature/28835
Recent:
MIT releases the sources of MULTICS, the father of UNIX!
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| This is extraordinary news for all nerds, computer scientists and the Open
| Source community: the source code of the MULTICS operating system
| (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service), the father of UNIX and all
| modern OSes, has finally been opened.
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http://www.kirps.com/web/main/_blog/all/mit-releases-the-sources-of-multics-the-father-of-unix.shtml
Related:
Dear Mr. Gates: save Vista, open-source it
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| Although Microsoft may claim otherwise, Vista, from both from a technical
| and business point of view, is proving to be a failure. Why not turn it
| over to people who have shown time after time that they can deliver
| the goods?
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2930812631.html
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