Multiple partitions with Windows 7 and OS X side-by-side install
When installing Windows and OS X side by side using Apple’s recommended Boot Camp technique, you can only use one partition for Windows. If, like me, you need multiple partitions for Windows, you have...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 and Microsoft’s future – too little, too late?
I have been quite excited about Windows Phone 7 since it was first leaked to press, and now with its release, I am frankly, quite disappointed with the outcome. Virtually all the complaints leveled...
View ArticleThe future of “Java” is with Google, and on Dalvik
(subtitle: “The Future of Microsoft, sealed?” ) I think that going forward, considering the following, a) James Gosling and Jim Hugunin being on board Google b) Google being a Java shop as much as it...
View ArticleiOS versus Windows 8 versus Android – developer ecosystem
Let’s study the pros and cons. Apple have the sanest API/platform evolution and the best IDE. I have hated IDEs ever since they first came out in the 90s. Xcode circa 3.2 is the first IDE I will deign...
View ArticleWinRT and Cocoa – API evolution: MS vs. Apple
http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Sep-15.html After digesting the above, I’m suddenly a bit apprehensive about whether Microsoft know what they’re doing or not. The fact that they keep changing...
View ArticleC++ versus Objective-C as API substrate
Windows 8 marks the start of the end of the ancient workhorse API – Win32. Win32, along with COM, underlies all other APIs – including .NET – that Windows developers have used. MFC, ATL, COM itself...
View ArticleAnother Example of Microsoft Cluelessness and why they Keep Failing
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77043.html A researcher finally figures out a way to get “32-bit Windows desktop applications”(*) to run on Surface RT by defeating an artificial constraint on the...
View ArticleWindows 8 deserves all the scorn heaped on it
The more I use Windows 8, the more I HATE IT. The shiny new part – Modern UI – is nice but still very raw especially in terms of integrating with the old. Yes it has the foundational potential to beat...
View ArticleDLL handling in Windows x64: The Big Gotcha
I had a nasty time trying to get the PHP module to run under Apache 2.2 in Windows 7 x64. Specifically, I kept getting a “php_mysql.dll could not be loaded” error. After some sleuthing, decided to use...
View ArticleInstalling Slackware 14.2 and OS X multi-boot on a single hard drive
This seems to be the simplest way, and relies on using Grub as the main bootloader. 1. First install Hackintosh as per earlier blog entry. Chameleon/Chimera will be your OS X bootloader. 2. Before...
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