InfoQ: Twitter Shifting More Code to JVM, Citing Performance and Encapsulation As Primary Drivers

InfoQ: Twitter Shifting More Code to JVM, Citing Performance and Encapsulation As Primary Drivers.

Google Go strikes back with C++ bake-off • The Register

“Benchmarks are only as good as the programs they measure,” Cox said. “We used gopprof to study an inefficient Go program and then to improve its performance by an order of magnitude and to reduce its memory usage by a factor of six. A subsequent comparison with an equivalently optimized C++ program shows that Go …

Atom smasher claims Hadoop cloud migration victory • The Register

Atom smasher claims Hadoop cloud migration victory • The Register.

Linux Mint Debian Edition Review | Desktop Linux Reviews

Linux Mint Debian Edition Review | Desktop Linux Reviews.

ClearFoundation develops ClearOS, a Linux Network, Gateway, Server

ClearOS Core now based directly off upstream vendor rather than going the CentOS route. ClearOS Enterprise will in future be based of ClearOS Core. ClearFoundation develops ClearOS, a Linux Network, Gateway, Server.

Debian Squeeze, Squid, Kerberos/LDAP Authentication, Active Directory Integration And Cyfin Reporter | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Debian Squeeze, Squid, Kerberos/LDAP Authentication, Active Directory Integration And Cyfin Reporter | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials.

How GitHub Saved OpenSource | eaves.ca

The irony may be that it has done this by making it easy to do the one thing many people thought would kill open source, more easy: forking. I remember talking to friends who – before Github launched – felt that forking, while a necessary check on any project, was also its biggest threat and …