Windows more reliable than Linux?

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Microsoft: Windows More Reliable than
Linux

Microsoft: Windows More Reliable than
Linux 04/06/2005 09:56 AM
Extreme Tech Apr 6 2005 1:36PM GMT

Study Finds Windows More Reliable than
Linux

Study Finds Windows More Reliable than
Linux 04/06/2005 11:56 AM
A Microsoft-sponsored study finds Windows Server 2003 is more reliable and robust and allows IT administrators to execute various tasks more quickly than those using Red Advanced Server 3.0 running on the same hardware.

A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows: Part
3, Playing in the Windows World

A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows: Part
3, Playing in the Windows World 03/14/2005 05:25 PM
Now that your Linux VM is up, running and connected to the company network, it's time to move corporate work to the Linux side.

Real World Linux - The Big Move From
Windows to Linux

Real World Linux - The Big Move From
Windows to Linux 06/26/2002 01:02 PM
"I have recently jumped over to Linux from Windows, after putting it off for far too long, and thought it might be worth sharing my experience in order to encourage others in the same boat."

[IBM.com] Windows-to-Linux roadmapPart
1. Thinking in Linux

[IBM.com] Windows-to-Linux roadmapPart
1. Thinking in Linux 12/10/2003 05:26 PM

Introducing "Cooperative Linux" - Linux
for Windows, No Less

Introducing "Cooperative Linux" - Linux
for Windows, No Less 04/12/2004 02:06 PM
A month ago, a trial version of a little-known Linux application called "CoLinux" was released that is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. It's the work of a 21 year-old Israeli computer science student and some Japanese open source programmers; in Israel, analysts are already saying it could help transform the software world.

to be quite reliable:

to be quite reliable: 01/06/2005 07:49 PM
Bush Rejects Bad News .. The Nelson Report

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When Computing Was Reliable

When Computing Was Reliable 03/19/2003 10:27 PM
Last week, vendors of some high-profile open source products were taken to task for newly discovered flaws in their code that required yet another round of software patching. In the rush to embrace complexity, computer users have given up some of the most important computing tools of the last 50 years.

Proc-Reliable-1.15

Proc-Reliable-1.15 11/14/2003 04:42 AM

Only reliable phones need apply

Only reliable phones need apply 03/19/2003 10:41 PM
Timothy Appnel: There are zero occurrences of the word asynchronous in the current JSR 172 (J2ME Web services) draft specification.

Wikipedia, a reliable source?

Wikipedia, a reliable source? 06/01/2004 05:29 PM
Wik ipedia as Participatory Journalism: Reliable Sources? (pdf file) From the 5^th international Symposium on Online Journalism comes this rather interesting analysis of the Wikipedia both as a news source and as a living draft of history. A surprisingly readable article.

Creating Reliable Software (pdf)

Creating Reliable Software (pdf) 12/19/2002 02:33 PM
This is a presentation detailing how to go about software walkthroughs, code inspections, correctness proofs. Here's the google html version.

What's interesting to me (you have to go to the last page) is that using mathematics, Peter Naur proved that a specific algorithm was correct. Unfortunately the specifications were flawed so the algorithm would never have worked, so Peter Naur actually proved that garbage in, garbage out.

Once again, this shows that code reliability issues are so closely interwined with people issues that you cannot talk about reliable software without talking about reliable developers.

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Web Host OLM.net Received Most Reliable
Award

Web Host OLM.net Received Most Reliable
Award 04/14/2005 02:12 AM
OLM Has Been Named Among Top Three Most Reliable Web Hosts For March By Independent Review Panel Netcraft. [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005]

that it provides a thoroughly reliable
fact-check function

that it provides a thoroughly reliable
fact-check function 09/15/2004 08:56 PM
Tech Central Station Notes Carter Peace Center Failure .. further lessons:

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Rumor sites see drop in reliable sources

Rumor sites see drop in reliable sources 03/22/2005 03:31 PM
Earlier this month, a California judge ruled that Apple has the right to subpoena the records of the three Macintosh sites that recently published details on an unreleased Apple product. Apple filed a lawsuit against anonymous individuals who leaked details about new products by posting information on the Internet in December. In the company's seven-page civil complaint, Apple said that it did not know the "true names or capacities, whether individual, associate, corporate or otherwise," of the defendants. The Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge ruled that Apple's interests in protecting trade secrets outweighed any interest the public may have in the information. "The public has had, and continues to have, a profound interest in gossip about Apple," Judge James P. Kleinberg said. "Therefore, it is not surprising that hundreds of thousands of 'hits' on a Web site about Apple have and will happen. But an interested public is not the same as the public interest." Though only three rumor sites are involved in the litigation, other rumor sites have recently seen the number of reliable anonymous sources drop. "We noticed that some of our annonymous sources, which were informing us with reliable information on Mac OS X development, stopped sending us information," Alexandros Roussos of MacosXrumors told Spymac. With increased interest and demand for Apple rumors, many of these sites are receiving a surge of information from more sources. This increase of information increases the amount of unreliable information the sites receive, so sites have to be more careful about what they publish. "The site has been very successful since the beginning but really saw its traffic exploding during 2004, when we started daily news and rumours reporting," Roussos said. "Along with the success, more and more sources appeared but there were a lot more fake rumors too. We do our best to verify the information we receive by discussing it with some regular sources or by comparing with other reports and other factual information found on documentation or corporate sites." MacosXrumors has improved its source reliability since its early days but, according to Roussos, there is still more work to do. "Sometimes we are frustrated when we have taken too much time to verify our rumors and we see the story breaking elsewhere though. Now it's really an investigation job. It's easier to do for us than it used to be when the site was launched, as we have more sources and experience, but it takes much more time than it did." Stay tuned next week to find out more about how operations on other rumour sites are being influenced by recent litigations against Apple rumor sites.

New Spec Makes Bluetooth Faster, More
Reliable

New Spec Makes Bluetooth Faster, More
Reliable 11/07/2003 03:13 AM
The Feature Nov 7 2003 2:05AM ET

Developing Reliable Software with
Scripting Languages

Developing Reliable Software with
Scripting Languages 12/18/2002 12:08 PM
In this interview of William Guttman, a professor of economics and technology at Carnegie Mellon University who is director of The Sustainable Computing Consortium, I was struck by this statement: Q: Are certain types of products or software vendors worse than others in terms of their record on quality? Guttman: I have a colleague who says bugs are agnostic. No matter the type of application it is, you can count on finding 30 bugs per 1,000 lines of code on average. I then found Prof. Thomas Huckle, saying much the same thing: INTEL: no more than 80-90 Bugs in Pentium. Standard Software: 25 bugs per 1000 lines of program. Good Software: 2 errors per 1000 lines. Space Shuttle Software: This seems to be a pretty good justification for using scripting languages. Of course, we still need to plan and be aware of the software engineering issues in developing reliable software. Here are a few things that occured to me. I'm sure you can think of more: 1. Scripting makes it too easy to slap up a piece of code quickly. I would suggest you slap your design first. Use a design methodology. The use of popular techniques such as OOP (or structured programming) provides a more disciplined approach to developing software. Informal evidence suggests that using object-oriented programming forces the developer to be more careful in the design of the software. Scripting languages that provide good OOP facilities should be encouraged. 2. Scripting languages have more options than bisexuals because they have polymorphic types (I have never liked the term weak-typing because it suggests something inferior. I prefer polymorphic typing -- it has the cachet of a poly-syllable adjective :-). One of the criticism with this approach is that very little parameter checking is done by the compiler. To me this is a benign vice, but I agree that with large teams where well-defined interfaces are important that this is an issue. I have three suggestions here: (a) Use classes to store important variables, because then you can use set and get methods for type-checking, and pass instances of these classes around instead of variables. To promote heterosexuality i have this example: function Reproduction($father,$mother) { $sperm = $father->GetSperm(); $egg = $mother->GetEgg(); return "$sperm meets $egg"; } In the above example, we have type checking of $father and $mother (at run-time), because $father has GetSperm() and $mother must have GetEgg(). (b) Use intelligent IDE's that display the function prototypes as you type (what is the best one for PHP - does anyone know?) (c) Programming by contract. Techniques such as this provide additional assurance about the quality of the code (note that programming by contract is as applicable to C or Java or Fortran as scripting languages). See also what Bertrand Meyer has to say. 3. Scripting languages need fewer raging egos and more team players. What i mean by this is that scripting languages need to balance the needs of hackers who want a quick fix with software managers who need good support for team development, in particular offering effective ways (methodologies?) for separating code and content, data and presentation, and neat software engineering concepts such as data hiding and namespace support. In conclusion, as Tom DeMarco pointed out in his book PeopleWare, it is not technology that prevents software success, but people. So higher level tools that aid people in their work are to be encouraged. Looking down at scripting languages because it lacks this or that is short sighted because it is the now and the future of computing. "tri" I've been drafting this essay for a while (this is my response to the Bertrand Meyer quote on pointer arithmetic and reliability), and it looks like the recent Multi-Tier debate makes it a good time to release it, even though i think that it could still do with some more shaving and fine-tuning. "zeldman.shaver2"

Fed panel hears e-vote not fully
reliable

Fed panel hears e-vote not fully
reliable 05/06/2004 12:16 AM
Boston Globe May 6 2004 4:26AM GMT

Dysons are the least reliable vacuums, a
report claims

Dysons are the least reliable vacuums, a
report claims 05/06/2004 08:40 AM
BBC May 6 2004 12:51PM GMT

There's loads of medical data on
Internet, but is it reliable?

There's loads of medical data on
Internet, but is it reliable? 12/26/2004 07:28 AM
Staronline.com - Sun Dec 26, 09:25 am GMT

Windows en Linux

Windows en Linux 04/24/2004 03:40 AM

Linux vs. Windows

Linux vs. Windows 08/12/2004 11:39 AM

Linux on Windows

Linux on Windows 04/13/2004 08:32 AM

Whizzkid develops Linux application for Windows: This apparently isn't a new thing, but it's making the rounds of the tech blogs this morning.

The significance of the development is that Linux and Windows are able to work in parallel on the same computer or server. To now, the computer world is divided into systems that operate either with Windows or with Linux.

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Uploading accounting records from books
to computers, how reliable is it?

Uploading accounting records from books
to computers, how reliable is it? 08/01/2004 04:59 PM
Lanka Business Online Aug 1 2004 8:44PM GMT

Reliable Controls Donates to Penn
Colleges BBT Program

Reliable Controls Donates to Penn
Colleges BBT Program 04/15/2004 09:09 PM
BC Technology Apr 16 2004 1:17AM GMT

Microsoft, IBM, BEA and TIBCO Announce
Reliable Messaging Specifications

Microsoft, IBM, BEA and TIBCO Announce
Reliable Messaging Specifications 03/13/2003 05:01 PM

Researchers develop reliable laptop
battery gauge

Researchers develop reliable laptop
battery gauge 12/27/2004 07:17 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 27 2004 11:13PM GMT

"Care to elaborate on that slam on
Redwood Virtual? They‘re more
reliable..."

"Care to elaborate on that slam on
Redwood Virtual? They‘re more
reliable..." 12/27/2004 06:03 PM

Fast, Secure and Reliable, 3G and VoIP
Network Protection

Fast, Secure and Reliable, 3G and VoIP
Network Protection 04/06/2005 05:14 AM
3G Apr 6 2005 7:46AM GMT

Linux riskier than Windows?

Linux riskier than Windows? 03/22/2005 09:36 PM
ZDNet Mar 23 2005 1:11AM GMT

Linux Takes on the Windows Look

Linux Takes on the Windows Look 01/23/2004 02:23 PM
Snazzy desktops are everywhere at this week's LinuxWorld. But as developers strive for a user-friendly interface, many roll out products that bear a striking resemblance to Microsoft software. Michelle Delio reports from New York.

Linux vs. Windows: What's The
Difference?

Linux vs. Windows: What's The
Difference? 07/01/2004 05:19 PM

CoLinux: Linux y Windows a la vez

CoLinux: Linux y Windows a la vez 04/13/2004 07:42 PM

Linux Can't Kill Windows

Linux Can't Kill Windows 04/14/2005 09:30 AM

"Get the Facts on Windows and Linux"

"Get the Facts on Windows and Linux" 01/08/2004 07:18 PM

Red Hat Linux boots Windows off PCs

Red Hat Linux boots Windows off PCs 06/09/2004 04:12 AM
Silicon.com Jun 9 2004 8:17AM GMT

Windows vs. Linux Revisited

Windows vs. Linux Revisited 03/30/2005 08:41 PM
Slashdot Mar 30 2005 11:18PM GMT

Linux Can’t Kill Windows

Linux Can’t Kill Windows 04/14/2005 10:07 PM

It's Linux vs. Windows in the POS
Market, Too

It's Linux vs. Windows in the POS
Market, Too 04/12/2005 05:06 PM
Novell is working on a new version of its Linux-based point-of-service product that is expected to ship in Q2 2005. Meanwhile, Microsoft also is expected to launch its Windows Embedded for Point of Service product by mid-year.
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