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    Q&A with Richard Stallman

    Free software is a different beast from gratis software. Free software activist, Richard Stallman, discusses the importance of freedom across all modes of computing.

    Written by Renai LeMay • 11 Aug. 10 11:32

  • Aussie entrepreneur: John Allsopp

    I feel a bit like the kid from Cameron Crowe's film, Almost Famous. I'm at Web Directions South in Sydney, satchel and recorder in hand, trying to pin down the conference co-founder and CSS development leading light, John Allsopp for an interview. The scene is not dissimilar to backstage at a rock concert. Even in the rare moments Allsopp stands still, he's everywhere and everybody wants him. He walks - and talks - at 100 miles an hour and multitasks a dozen different things at once.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 12 Nov. 09 15:49

  • Google VP Mayer describes the perfect search engine

    Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during the company's earnings call that Google had implemented about 120 search quality improvements during the third quarter as it moves toward its ultimate goal: "We want to get to the perfect search engine."

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 11 Nov. 09 08:44

  • Interview: PayPal's developer network senior director, Naveed Anwar, and VP, platform and emerging technologies, Osama Bedier

    PayPal’s developer network senior director, Naveed Anwar, and VP, platform and emerging technologies, Osama Bedier, who were in Sydney for this week's Web Directions conference, chat to Computerworld about PayPal's plans to open its payment platform to third-party developers.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards • 09 Oct. 09 13:01

  • The A-Z of programming languages: Groovy

    Groovy’s Project Manager, Guillaume Laforge, tells the development story behind this language and why he thinks it is grooving its way into enterprises around the world.

    Written by Dahna McConnachie • 14 Sept. 09 12:13
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    A-Z of Programming Languages: Scala

    A Twitter developer has said that Scala could become the language of choice of the modern Web 2.0 startup. LinkedIn also uses the language. So do with many other big corporate names including Sony Pictures, EDF and SAP. Martin Odersky tells us about Scala’s history, its future and what makes it so interesting.

    Written by Dahna McConnachie • 18 Aug. 09 11:32
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: Clojure

    Our series on the most popular programming languages continues as we chat to Clojure creator, Rich Hickey.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards • 10 Aug. 09 22:47
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: Erlang

    Our series on the most popular programming languages continues as we chat to Erlang creator Joe Armstrong

    Written by Kathryn Edwards • 16 June 09 15:03

  • KOffice on version 2.0, extensions, and being like Firefox

    The idea of an application that supports third-party extensions and add-ons users can download and install in one click may be more applicable to Web browsers than office suites, but the developers at the open source KOffice project have developed such an architecture where all components are modular. TechWorld interviews the marketing coordinator for KOffice, Inge Wallin, to find out where this lesser-known of the open source office suites is headed now version 2.0.0 has arrived and what excites its developers. Building an easy, intuitive, cross-platform, and extensible platform like Firefox is high on the agenda.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 28 May 09 16:05
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: Tcl

    Our series on the most popular programming languages continues as we chat to Tcl creator John Ousterhout.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards • 08 May 09 13:22

  • The A-Z of Programming Languages: Falcon

    Computerworld's investigations into the most widely-used programming languages continues as we chat with Giancarlo Niccolai the creator of the Falcon programming language.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards • 09 April 09 11:10
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: Bourne shell, or sh

    On this occasion we speak to Steve Bourne, creator of the Bourne shell, or sh. In the early 1970s Bourne was at the Computer Laboratory in Cambridge, England working on a compiler for Algol68 as part of his PhD work in dynamical astronomy. This work paved the way for him to travel to IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center in New York in 1973, in part to undertake research into compilers. Through this work, and a series of connections and circumstance, Bourne got to know people at Bell Labs who then offered him a job in the Unix group in 1975. It was during this time Bourne developed sh.

    Written by Howard Dahdah • 05 March 09 08:45

  • Open source identity: Spine CMS creator Hendrik Van Belleghem

    Looking for a Web-based content management system that uses Perl instead of PHP? Want to serve dynamic and static content with PostgreSQL, not MySQL? What started out as a hobby project by Hendrik Van Belleghem, based in Bazel, Belgium, has grown into Spine – a Perl Web content system for Apache on Unix systems. With so many LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) content systems available, Spine offers a refreshing alternative with the tried and tested Perl language and is database independent. Open Source Identity interviews Van Belleghem about Spine, a lesser-known alternative to the popular Web CMSs.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 04 March 09 11:02
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: F#

    Microsoft researcher Don Syme talks about the development of F#, its simplicity when solving complex tasks, the thriving F# community and the future ahead for this fuctional programming language.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards • 23 Dec. 08 12:30
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: Perl

    Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. This time we chat with Larry Wall, creator of the Perl programming language and regarded as the father of modern scripting languages.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 11 Dec. 08 16:02

  • ScrumMaster offers tips on how to play in a winning dev team

    The original ScrumMaster, John Scumniotales, talks about the genesis of the popular agile software development methodology, the importance of incorporating stakeholder feedback and the “healthy tension” between developers and product managers.

    Written by Lorraine Pauls Longhurst • 01 Dec. 08 12:41
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: C#

    In this interview Microsoft's leader of C# development, Anders Hejlsberg, took some time to tell Computerworld about the development of C#, his thoughts on future programming trends, and his experiences putting out fires. Hejlsberg is also responsible for writing the Turbo Pascal system, and was the lead architect on the team that developed Delphi.

    Written by Naomi Hamilton • 01 Oct. 08 13:00
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: Haskell

    In this in-depth interview, we chat with Simon Peyton-Jones about the development of Haskell. Peyton-Jones is particularly interested in the design, implementation, and application of lazy functional languages, and speaks in detail of his desire to ‘do one thing well’, as well as his current research projects being undertaken at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK.

    Written by Naomi Hamilton • 19 Sept. 08 17:11
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: Lua

    Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. This time we chat to Prof. Roberto Ierusalimschy about the design and development of Lua.

    Written by Naomi Hamilton • 11 Sept. 08 20:29

  • Red Hat VP readies virtualisation roadmap

    Paul Cormier is Red Hat's executive VP and head of Red Hat products and technologies divisions. His experienced thumb is firmly planted in many Red Hat pies; including engineering, product management and product marketing. The company credits the introduction of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to Cormier's leadership and experience in enterprise technology. Cormier has returned Down Under on another visit to Red Hat's research and development team in Brisbane, and took some time out to chat with Computerworld about the anticipated boom in virtualisation, cloud computing, Microsoft's open source initiatives, CentOS, JBoss Application Server 5.0, how open source software can aid the current economic downturn, and of course, the growing role of Linux and RHEL in the enterprise.

    Written by Andrew Hendry • 11 Aug. 08 09:57
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