Monthly Archives: November 2006

Using SCons in a large project

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Ben

I work on large projects for my job, and we currently use Make, just like everyone else. Our project layout is complicated, which means that the Makefiles are practically voodoo at this point. What makes it even worse is that … Continue reading →

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Engineers don’t get capitalization

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Ben

They also don’t get a number of other things, like punctuation and grammar. When I was in 1st grade, my teacher gave us an assignment to write something – you know, on those tables with the huge writing lines with … Continue reading →

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Ballmer on Novell, Linux and patents

Posted on November 17, 2006 by Ben

Ballmer on Novell, Linux and patents This smells like “SCO v IBM vol. II” to me. One commentor on the Post-Intelligencer website seems to elucidate clearly what’s going on: #16666 Posted by unregistered user at 11/17/06 7:15 a.m. So if … Continue reading →

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GPL More Trouble Than It’s Worth

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Ben

FORTUNE: Legal pad This is a great example of the hypocrisy of the GNU GPL and the associated ideology that is so much baggage. From the GNU website: “Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the … Continue reading →

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