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Tridgell speaks out in Bitkeeper war

Andrew Tridgell has made his first public comments on the dispute between himself and Linux originator Linus Torvalds over source code management for the Linux kernel, describing much of the coverage and commentary on the issue as "trivial and crazy". Read more »

IBM tunes up for Jazz open-source project

IBM is working on an open-source project called Jazz to promote programming tools for globally distributed teams. Read more »

Builder's August Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? ZDNet Australia's Builder channel can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of August. Read more »

Howard 'hacker' pleads innocence

The so-called "Howard hacker", who has apparently been reported to the Australian Federal Police, told ZDNet Australia that he is innocent of defacing the Liberal Web site. Read more »

Builder's November Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? Builder Australia can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of November. Read more »

Microsoft vows to play fair

Microsoft pledged on Wednesday that all of its future operating systems, including Windows Vista, will abide by self-imposed rules aimed at bolstering choice and competition. Read more »

Think proprietary, government tells open source

Open-source developers keen to impress potential government buyers should take some pages from the practices of proprietary software vendors, a senior government procurement officer told attendees at the AUUG 2004 conference in Melbourne. Read more »

Big Blue backs PHP

IBM is to create a bundle including Cloudscape and Zend's PHP development tools, but insists it is still committed to Java. Read more »

Office 2007: FrontPage is out, blogging is in

Don't go looking for FrontPage in the just-released Beta 2 edition of Office 2007. Microsoft has axed its 10-year-old Web site authoring software. Read more »

Big Blue moves to 'off the rack' services

Seeking fatter profits, IBM's Global Services consulting arm is changing the tune of its familiar "Have it your way" refrain. Read more »

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C-sharp reflection: Save development time throughout the project life-cycle

As a powerful feature of the .NET Framework, reflection provides developers with the ability to examine classes and structures at runtime. This article explains the concept of reflection and how it saves development time throughout the project life-cycle. Read more »

Applied Reflection: Creating a dynamic Web service to simplify code

While Visual Studio and the .NET Framework enable developers to create and consume Web services via a simple interface, there are times when a developer must dig a little deeper into the technology to accomplish what is required. Zach Smith explains how to leverage a combination of the .NET Framework's Reflection API and Web services to create a dynamic business layer proxy. Read more »

Could holding an MCSD land you that next job?

See why one developer believes certification--particularly the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer--is growing increasingly important. Read more »

Getting .NET class info with Reflection

In this article, Builder.com walks you through two example programsââ,¬"a run-time class information reporter and a convoluted Hello World applicationââ,¬"that illustrate late-bound method invocation. Read more »

.Net develops advantages over Java

Developers have a number of reasons for favouring one programming environment over another. For those attracted by good technology, .NET is worth a look. Read more »

Developer spotlight: Keith Short

We recently caught up with Keith Short, one of the co-authors of the -software factories" methodology and manager of enterprise frameworks and tools architecture at Microsoft. Read more »

Aussie coders changing the world

Though they may not be household names like Thorpie or Lleyton, Aussie developers rank among the world's best. Simon Sharwood profiles our top five geeks. Read more »

Does a compiler class still matter?

In this age of ever-faster hardware and complicated operating systems, does it really make sense for a CS student to have a compiler class in their c.v.? Rex Baldazo says yes and no. Read more »

Flexing some muscle

Macromedia's Flex allows developers to create rich presentation layers for Internet applications using Flash. We'll show you how to get your first Flex application up and running. Read more »

What .NET developers need to know about Daylight Saving Time changes

One of the most talked about topics in the industry right now is how the U.S. government's changes to Daylight Saving Time (DST) will affect IT resources. We'll show you how you can make your adjustments on time. Read more »

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