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Open source process for open source
development

Open source process for open source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

Sun has given every possible indication that Open Solaris will be run as a true open source project. The latest indication is the make-up of the board of directors: Casper Dik, Roy Fielding, Al Hopper, Simon Phipps, and Rich Teer. (via Simon Phipps - congrats Simon!)

Open source process for closed source
development

Open source process for closed source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

IBM Adopts Open Development Internally: "Following on the success of its Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a form of open-source development internally to create technology the company will sell commercially.

IBM calls its model Community Source, which it defines as a collaborative, internal, open-source-style environment for developing and testing new technology.

Danny Sabbah, vice president of strategy and technology for the IBM Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y., said IBM is using its Community Source model across 100 projects and 2,000 developers in the company. These projects span the IBM Software Group, Systems Group, Research and Global Services, he said."

Very interesting. I'd like to learn more about that. What parts of the so called open source development process have they built into the Community Source model? I've found that most developers have different definitions of the open source development process (via Ross Gardler).

Myths About Open Source Development

Myths About Open Source Development 12/12/2003 01:58 PM
jpkunst writes "A thought-provoking article by chromatic on oreillynet, listing eight "myths" that Open Source developers tell themselves. For example: Myth: ...

Government to encourage open source
development

Government to encourage open source
development 12/30/2003 11:12 PM
The Israeli government also will encourage the development of lower-priced alternatives to Microsoft software in an effort to help expand computer use by the public. To that end, the Finance Ministry has cooperated with Sun Microsystems and IBM in designing the Hebrew language version of OpenOffice software, a freely distributed open-source alternative to Microsoft Office.

IXP4XX Open Source Development Guide

IXP4XX Open Source Development Guide 10/30/2003 01:39 AM
IXP400 v1.3 and SnapGear 3.0

European Open Source Development
Threatened!

European Open Source Development
Threatened! 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Today sees an international day of protest against the move by the EU to make obtaining a patent easier within Europe. Such patents may cause Open Source software such as PHP to infringe on existing licenses and new ones, meaning we would no longer be safe to distribute PHP within Europe. Contact your EU Representative to get this cruicial vote blocked. Find out more at the campaign website

The social structure of open source
development

The social structure of open source
development 02/01/2005 08:49 PM
Andreas Brand is a sociologist researching ways of recruiting and organising teams of volunteers on the Internet. He has been studying KDE as an example of an open source project based upon collaboration without hierarchies. As part of his work he has conducted interviews with KDE developers, participated in several open source conferences, analysed the KDE home page, and distributed a questionnaire among volunteers. We asked him about his thoughts on the KDE development model.

Senior Open Source Development Engineer

Senior Open Source Development Engineer 03/22/2005 04:32 PM
C&D Elite - United Kingdom, Berkshire, Reading (2005-03-22)

Usability and open-source software
development

Usability and open-source software
development 12/10/2003 03:24 AM

A model for open source software
development

A model for open source software
development 05/25/2004 11:36 AM
Critics of open source software have argued that, from an economic standpoint, "giving the product away" makes no sense. As a new business model, open source has been the victim of many misconceptions and mischaracterizations: that it's the equivalent of communism, that's it's like a virus, and that it's economically dangerous to society, for example. In such a hostile atmosphere, it's not easy to objectively assess a new paradigm that differs greatly from the status quo. However, though a comparable model may not exist in the IT sector, a parallel working model for open source already exists in at least one other field, biomedical research, and this model has been proven to be of great benefit to society.

Sekoya - Open source game development

Sekoya - Open source game development 12/14/2003 12:28 PM
CVS is now enabled!

How to Misunderstand Open Source
Software Development

How to Misunderstand Open Source
Software Development 12/04/2003 06:05 AM
Consulting Times.com

consultingtimes.com/ossdev.html
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Interview: Linux and the Open Source
Development Lab

Interview: Linux and the Open Source
Development Lab 04/13/2005 11:59 AM
Computer Shopper Apr 13 2005 3:48PM GMT

Open-Source Development 'Faster, Better,
Cheaper'

Open-Source Development 'Faster, Better,
Cheaper' 12/06/2003 09:47 AM

Software Engineer - Open Source
Technologies (Perl/MySQL/Linux/XML/Web
Services)

Software Engineer - Open Source
Technologies (Perl/MySQL/Linux/XML/Web
Services) 03/06/2004 01:57 AM
O'Reilly & Associates - United States, CA, Sebastopol (2004-03-05)

Open-source development models fall flat

Open-source development models fall flat 05/13/2004 10:54 PM
Computer Weekly May 14 2004 2:40AM GMT

US attitude to open source may hinder
development, warns Red Hat CEO

US attitude to open source may hinder
development, warns Red Hat CEO 08/04/2004 06:07 AM
Computer Weekly Aug 4 2004 10:14AM GMT

Open source development models fall flat

Open source development models fall flat 05/12/2004 05:15 PM
Study finds that commercial software developed at disparate locations takes twice as long to complete.

BlueGlue Tools Expedite Open-Source
Development

BlueGlue Tools Expedite Open-Source
Development 06/28/2004 10:10 AM
At JavaOne, OpenLogic will launch itself as well as its BlueGlue developer tools suite of more than 100 open-source tools from projects such as Eclipse, MySQL, Apache and JBoss.

Open source, linux, microsoft, perl,
BSD, GPL, PHP, Apache, MySQL, GCC. Joe
'Zonker' Brockmeier - Corante

Open source, linux, microsoft, perl,
BSD, GPL, PHP, Apache, MySQL, GCC. Joe
'Zonker' Brockmeier - Corante 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Open Mind

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LinuxWorld Australia: Start-up
Commercialises Open Source Development

LinuxWorld Australia: Start-up
Commercialises Open Source Development 07/02/2004 06:20 PM
"With a low barrier to entry, high developer popularity, and good software integration, PHP scripting language appealed to Victorian start-up Komodo for its development of a commercial, enterprise-grade content management system..."

The Jukebox Mode of Innovation: a Model
of Commercial Open Source Development

The Jukebox Mode of Innovation: a Model
of Commercial Open Source Development 06/19/2004 05:49 AM
The Jukebox Mode of Innovation: a Model of Commercial Open Source Development by Joachim Henkel
http://opensource.m it.edu/papers/henkel.pdf

Abstract by author:
In this paper, I explore the circumstances under which innovation processes without secrecy or intellectual property protection are viable, and where free revealing of innovations is a profit-maximizing strategy. Motivated by an empirical study of embedded Linux, I develop a duopoly model of quality competition. Firms require two complementary technologies as inputs, but differ with respect to the relative importance of these technologies. I find that a regime with compulsory revealing can lead to higher product qualities and higher profits than a proprietary regime. When the decision to reveal is endogenized, equilibria with voluntary revealing arise, again superior to the proprietary outcome.

Firms can improve success rate by
learning from open source software
development

Firms can improve success rate by
learning from open source software
development 06/10/2004 08:58 PM
Computer Weekly Jun 11 2004 1:19AM GMT

AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs
and Recognizes Community Support for
AMD64

AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs
and Recognizes Community Support for
AMD64 04/22/2004 02:29 AM

YahooFinance: MySQL, Zend Join Forces to
Strengthen Open Source Web Development

YahooFinance: MySQL, Zend Join Forces to
Strengthen Open Source Web Development 04/09/2004 04:05 PM
MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, and Zend Technologies, designers of the PHP Web scripting engine, today announced a partnership to simplify and improve productivity in developing and deploying Web applications with open source technologies.

Which move offshores more jobs:
Continuing open source development, or
non-U.S. Microsoft price cuts?

Which move offshores more jobs:
Continuing open source development, or
non-U.S. Microsoft price cuts? 03/06/2004 02:01 AM
Open source software usually free. Microsoft software is not. When Microsoft decides to drop the price of software sold to developing nations, but not the price charged to U.S. customers, Microsoft is effectively subsidizing economic development everywhere but here. Make...

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits." 02/17/2004 11:57 PM
As per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself) Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found my post: http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words: ___snip____ -- From: Katrin Verclas Email: steering (a) nosi.net Hi, Kevin - NOSI actually just released a new...

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group 05/07/2004 04:33 PM
A key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the legal standing of open-source software.

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/030104/open.html ASK A GROUP OF corporate IT leaders whether they'd rather stick their arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their sleeves. Not to do any downloading, either.

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life 06/23/2004 08:27 PM
As Canada protects the patents on genes, Download Aborted wonders whether the genetic code should be considered Open Source. It's slashdotted here. And as atonement for saying something positive about the people at Microsoft — man, you folks are rough! — here's some slashdottism about the anti-Open Source think tanks that Microsoft is funding. (But I still like the Microsofties I've met. So there.)...

Execute selected text as python or perl

Execute selected text as python or perl 03/14/2005 04:29 PM
In writing python code or perl in an editor, I often want to execute a tiny piece of the code in a standalone fashion as a way of debugging it. To facilitate this, I wrote a little perl script that allows me to execute any t...

Comparing C, C++, Java, Perl, Python,
Rexx, and TCL (pdf)

Comparing C, C++, Java, Perl, Python,
Rexx, and TCL (pdf) 12/22/2002 11:37 AM
Google HTML version. The key conclusions of the research paper are

- Designing and writing the program in Perl, Python, Rexx, or Tcl takes no more than half as much time as writing it in C, C++, or Java and the resulting program is only half as long.

– No unambiguous differences in program reliability between the language groups were observed.

– The typical memory consumption of a script program is about twice that of a C or C++ program. For Java it is another factor of two higher.

– For the initialization phase of the phonecode program (reading the 1 MB dictionary file and creating the 70kentry internal data structure), the C and C++ programs have a strong run time advantage of about factor 3 to 4 compared to Java and about 5 to 10 compared to the script languages.

– For the main phase of the phonecode program (search through the internal data structure), the advantage in run time of C or C++ versus Java is only about factor 2 and the script programs even tend to be faster than the Java programs.

There is also an interesting debate at Lambda the Ultimate on my previous Developing Reliable Software with Scripting Languages essay.

Some people have got the impression the Developing Reliable Software essay advocates scripting languages as the best way to write software. That's simply silly - some things can only be done in a 3GL due to their better performance characteristics. All that was written was "This seems to be a pretty good justification for using scripting languages." Whether the justification fits the problem domain is up to you of course.

Also I am more interested in finding ways to make coding scripting languages more reliable, and not proving that they can be reliable. I am not interested in proving whether Python is more reliable than PHP or C# or vice versa. I just want our code to suck less.

Lastly the reason (which was never elaborated) why scripting is the now and future of computing is because the price/performance ratio of computers is still dramatically going down. The 68000 assembler that I wrote for the Macintosh in the 80's that I (hopefully) thought was highly tuned runs slower than the slowest Perl code I could write today. More and more problems over time have become amenable to the use of specialised domain specific scripting languages. One non-PHP example being the numerical processing now done using P ython and MatLab.

"zeldman.darla"

Nokia prefers Python to Perl for
smartphone scripting

Nokia prefers Python to Perl for
smartphone scripting 01/22/2004 03:09 AM
Limited trial for pros, first

Python development with Eclipse and Ant

Python development with Eclipse and Ant 06/23/2004 03:54 PM
- via Erik< /a>

Rapid Development Using Python

Rapid Development Using Python 12/02/2003 06:32 AM
For the developers behind the SkipWare GUI, Python was the best and obvious choice.

Open source opportunity, open source
risk

Open source opportunity, open source
risk 09/22/2004 10:44 AM
I've been traveling more than usual lately, and while on the road I've been working my way through the ITConversations audio archive. It's full of gems, and one of them is Doug Kaye's interview with Philip Greenspun. While discussing the ArsDigita flameout, Greenspun offers insightful perspectives on the opportunity, and the risk, of open source as a business model. ...

From open source to open services to
open information

From open source to open services to
open information 03/29/2005 12:00 PM
My March 21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition because, on the same day, a new events database called EVDB was announced and shown at PC Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among others: Dan Farber, Ross Mayfield, Om Malik, David Weinberger, and Paul Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes). The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style, Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public. ...

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb) 04/08/2005 04:56 AM
TechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community 05/05/2004 04:06 AM
About a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification, addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and privileges that we associate with open source software.
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Notes and Tips: AirPort Express
Assistant

Notes and Tips: AirPort Express
Assistant 07/13/2004 10:03 AM
Apple's AirPort Express Assistant has some limitations.

Why Apple's Airport Express May
Unofficially Extend Non-Airport Networks

Why Apple's Airport Express May
Unofficially Extend Non-Airport Networks 06/07/2004 05:15 PM

Even though Apple is claiming on their website that the new Airport Express can only act as a network range extender (signal repeater) with other Airport devices (look at the bottom of this page), WiFi Networking News's Glenn Fleishman explains why the Airport Express may just work with some non-Apple devices after all:

Apple Talks AirPort Express For Mac And
Windows

Apple Talks AirPort Express For Mac And
Windows 06/11/2004 09:07 PM
"I think it's quite intuitive that you can plug it into the wall next to your computer or your stereo; I think its quite intuitive that it is so somall, smaller than a computer's power brick, so now you can wirelessly roam your hotel room." By Jonny Evans, Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)

Airport Express: a wireless bridge and
then some

Airport Express: a wireless bridge and
then some 06/07/2004 02:01 PM
Apple's new Airport Express allows you to not only extend your current wireless connection by doing no more than plugging it into a wall outlet. But it will also allow you to enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any room of your house and share a single broadband Internet connection and USB printer or create an instant wireless network on the go.

New AirPort Express Takes iTunes
Wireless

New AirPort Express Takes iTunes
Wireless 06/08/2004 04:28 AM
iTunes has taken to the airwaves. Apple's new AirPort Express -- an 802.11g mobile base station -- provides the usual wireless Internet and printing that customers have come to expect from the AirPort, but with a twist: it broadcasts music.

AirPort Express a hint to wireless iPod?

AirPort Express a hint to wireless iPod? 06/09/2004 03:24 PM
Macworld editor Jason Snell believes that iPods will eventually boast built-in AirPort or Bluetooth, allowing the device to stream music wirelessly via the new AirPort Express base station...

AirPort Express Pumps Music over
Wireless Nets (NewsFactor)

AirPort Express Pumps Music over
Wireless Nets (NewsFactor) 06/10/2004 04:12 PM
NewsFactor - The wired home comes a step closer with Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) AirPort Express, which allows powered speakers and stereo systems, as well as printers, to be connected to wireless networks.

Apple AirPort Express shuffles the deck
with wireless fidelity

Apple AirPort Express shuffles the deck
with wireless fidelity 07/31/2004 05:02 PM
Los Angeles Times Jul 31 2004 8:37PM GMT

AirPort Express Brings Audio,
Portability to Wireless Networking
(07-Jun-2004; 5.9K)

AirPort Express Brings Audio,
Portability to Wireless Networking
(07-Jun-2004; 5.9K) 06/07/2004 10:03 PM

AirPort Prices Drop Before Airport
Express Release (05-Jul-2004; 1.5K)

AirPort Prices Drop Before Airport
Express Release (05-Jul-2004; 1.5K) 07/05/2004 08:48 PM

Express Stor . . . The First Windows
Powered Application Specific NAS Sever
To Manage Data Through Its Life Cycle

Express Stor . . . The First Windows
Powered Application Specific NAS Sever
To Manage Data Through Its Life Cycle 06/03/2004 03:33 AM
Express Stor, a Microsoft Windows 2003 Network Attached Storage (NAS) server, incorporates all the software and hardware required to manage all aspects of an application's information life cycle – from inception to disposal – across multiple types of media. MDI's unique approach offers an optimized storage management tool created from the combination of a basic storage design with several differentiating feature/functions and the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004]

AirPort 4.0.1 Updates AirPort Express
(30-Aug-2004; 1.1K)

AirPort 4.0.1 Updates AirPort Express
(30-Aug-2004; 1.1K) 08/30/2004 10:39 PM

Airport Express WDS with third party NAT
/ DHCP

Airport Express WDS with third party NAT
/ DHCP 09/20/2004 12:15 PM
This hint describes how to add an Airport express to extend (WDS) an Airport Extreme network that uses some other (wired) host (e.g. a broadband router) to provide DHCP and NAT. The Airport Express Assistant will let you set ...

A First Take On AirPort Express

A First Take On AirPort Express 06/07/2004 06:48 PM
I suspect AirPort Express will really shine as an additional wireless product. By Jason Snell, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

A first look at AirPort Express

A first look at AirPort Express 08/03/2004 06:21 PM
I'm now at a hotel with wired Ethernet, so I picked up an AirPort Express to go wireless.

AirPort Express

AirPort Express 06/07/2004 08:29 PM
Apple's AirPort Express looks like a good product, but it seems to be suffering from a case of over-integration (i.e. it does too many things). I think it would help if Apple gave a set of use cases (with pictures).

Citrine Technologies' SOP Express Passes
Microsoft Platform Test for Windows
Server and Windows Client

Citrine Technologies' SOP Express Passes
Microsoft Platform Test for Windows
Server and Windows Client 02/01/2005 09:17 PM
Citrine’s SOP Express Processes Sales Orders with the Speed of Lightening SOP Express Undergoes Rigorous Testing by VeriTest to Ensure Interoperability with Microsoft Windows Server 2003. [PRWEB Jan 28, 2005]

Apple AirPort Express

Apple AirPort Express 07/21/2004 07:41 PM
By Wilson Rothman, Time (via MyAppleMenu)

AirPort Express + AirTunes

AirPort Express + AirTunes 06/07/2004 03:44 PM
New today from Apple: AirPort Express and AirTunes. Tom and I have already come up with reasons to purchase about...

Ars Review Airport Express

Ars Review Airport Express 07/22/2004 04:38 PM

On The Road With Airport Express

On The Road With Airport Express 08/06/2004 10:01 AM

Alone, this post on Powerpages about using the Airport Express in a hotel room might not be quite link-worthy, but as people keep adding comments to it with their experiences, it's starting to become even more interesting. It would be nice if hotels would start making information about their "in-room internet" a little more detailed, as it becomes clear from everyone's experiences that the different internal network configurations from hotel to hotel make a big difference in how you need to use your Airport Express (or any other Wi-Fi bridge or router) to get online. It would be nice if the hotel management would just tell you their settings in the first place (although I suppose that's sort of like expecting them to tell you what gauge of pipe they use in the commode.)

Head over and share your on-the-road experiences with other AX users.

Read - Using AirPort Express on a Hotel Room Ethernet [Powerpage via 3650anda12inch]

AirPort Express Review

AirPort Express Review 08/21/2004 10:23 PM
I've been waiting years for Apple (or someone) to elegantly bridge the wireless void between my Mac and existing home stereo, and in that capacity (though limited and one-way) it works as advertised. By Todd Dominey (via MyAppleMenu)

AirPort Express: Three Views

AirPort Express: Three Views 07/22/2004 06:09 PM
Apple's AirPort Express may quickly become one of the most reviewed pieces of new wireless technology: It will receive many reviews for several reasons, including the fact that it's the smallest Wi-Fi gateway (when you include its built-in power supply); it's the only one to stream audio in the particular way it does; it includes several interesting features in one wrapper; it's relatively cheap for any two of its four unique set features*. It's also from Apple and had 80,000 pre-orders, so it's a natural. (Amazon.com now shows it not first arriving until August 1, and other sources indicate a three-week backorder. But the Apple Store in Seattle says they should have another supply any day now.) I've been working with an AirPort Express for a few days, and it's just about as easy to setup and use as Apple promises. There are no obscure settings. Joining an existing AirPort Extreme network was a snap. So was reconfiguring it as a base station and assigning it a WPA encryption key. So was playing music through its attached speakers from any copy of iTunes anywhere in our wired/Wi-Fi office. My officemates threatened to play strange music into the speakers in my office, as any copy of iTunes can use any set of AirPort Express speakers on a network unless you password protect access to the speakers. Three reviews check in today from well-respected sources. David Pogue walks through the pros and cons of the device in The New York Times, and comes down reasonably heavy on the pro side. He misses having a remote control and notes that it's odd you can't play through several sets of speakers at once each connected to their own AirPort Express as you can with other devices. The total of the parts in one well-designed package adds to a winner for him, however. He notes that you'd need two or three other devices to come close to the Express--and in that comparison, he leaves out the Express's client mode (to connect for streaming/printer sharing to any Wi-Fi network) and its USB printer sharing, which is an expensive stand-alone add-on for 802.11g networks. Walt Mossberg's take was substantially more negative because of a few flaws he felt were significant. He finds the lack of a remote-control a total showstopper, and I admit that that was one of my reactions on first hearing about AirTunes streaming music....

AirPort Express now shipping

AirPort Express now shipping 07/13/2004 10:19 AM
Several MacMinute readers report that Apple began shipping the AirPort Express 802.11g mobile base station today...

Airport Express Picking Up FM

Airport Express Picking Up FM 12/22/2004 01:13 AM

"I suspect this has nothing to do with the wireless part of the airport/airtunes, but is more likely that something isn't grounded properly in the electrical system." By Gizmodo

New AirPort Express with AirTunes

New AirPort Express with AirTunes 06/07/2004 03:59 PM
Presenting AirPort Express. Featuring AirTunes for playing your iTunes music wirelessly on your home stereo or powered speakers, AirPort Express brings not only the Internet but your music to wherever in your home you like to enjoy them most — whether you use a Mac or Windows PC. Unmatched in its ease of use, it delivers data rates up to 54 megabits per second, fits in the palm of your hand so you can take it wherever you go — and it costs just $129.

Resetting The AirPort Express

Resetting The AirPort Express 08/04/2004 06:42 PM
By Christopher Breen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Airport Express & AirTunes

Airport Express & AirTunes 06/08/2004 07:15 AM
Apple have announced a nifty little device called Airport Express — a portable 802.11g base station with an audio port for wirelessly sharing music around your home or office. You connect your stereo to the optical audio output port, plug the device into a power point and, using AirTunes (part of soon-to-be-released iTunes 4.6), play music on your Mac through your stereo. Being wireless of course, your Mac doesn’t have to be in the same room as your stereo, just within range of the device. The unit also has a USB port for wireless print sharing and a single 10/100 ethernet port to extend your network. Kinda cool, and at GBP99, not priced too badly either.

AirPort Express Reviewed

AirPort Express Reviewed 07/21/2004 11:29 AM

Ars Technica's Eric Bangeman gives the Apple Airport Express a good once-over, testing it not only in its primary job as an 802.11g access point, but all the additional features (like streaming iTunes music, extending the range of an existing network, and printer sharing) as well. And all the extra functionality is what ultimately makes him a man happy with his purchase. As a combo device the Airport Express is worth the $129, he says, but for people who only need a single aspect of its ability, cheaper options are available (they just aren't small and white).

Oh, and for the record, Bangeman was able to use the Airport Express as a wireless bridge (WEP only, no WPA) with a Linksys WRT54G wireless router, so mixing the Express with non-Apple hardware is an option, even if it isn't an Apple-supported one.
Read - AirPort Express [ArsTechnica]

Related
Why Apple's Airport Express May Unofficially Extend Non-Airport Networks [Gizmodo]
AirPort Express with AirTunes [Gizmodo]

Apple's AirPort Express

Apple's AirPort Express 06/07/2004 10:23 PM

Apple introduced today the new AirPort Express wireless doodad. The AirPort Express (can I call it the APE for short?) is a little white wall-wart-sized brick that can be used for several things, most notably streaming your iTunes music -- mp3, CD, or Internet Radio -- wirelessly from your Mac to your home stereo. That's called AirTunes.

Enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any room of your house. Share a single broadband Internet connection and USB printer without inconvenient and obtrusive cables. Create an instant wireless network on the go. Extend the range of your current wireless network. How many devices do you need to do all this? Just one.

In typical Apple fashion, the APE is simple and straight to the point, and will be an attractive option for a wide variety of users, because it can do a wide variety of things and because it's very portable. It's based on the 802.11g wireless standard, and should work with just about any 802.11g hardware out there, not just Apple's own. Sounds like it will even work with the Winders version of iTunes.

Priced at $129. I think I can swing that!

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