An open letter to the Linux community published this week by Silicon Graphics indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code owned by ...

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Ralph Wigum keeps coding work moving by reading prior outputs, ideal for greenfield specs and batch cleanup, giving steady, measurable progress.

Microsoft dropped a mini-bombshell on Monday, announcing that it is contributing thousands of lines of code for inclusion in Linux. But lest anyone think Microsoft suffered a massive head trauma over ...

In any programming language, idioms may be used that may not seem obvious from reading the manual. Often these usages of the language represent ways to make your code more compact (as in requiring ...

Serious security bugs in key parts of the latest Linux code have been fixed, but some small glitches have been introduced, according to a recent scan. In December, Coverity looked at version 2.6.9 of ...

Knowing how to work with and display exit codes on the Linux command line or in scripts can help make errors more obvious. Exit codes on the Linux command line are numeric values that provide feedback ...

It was a big week for Microsoft news, with the software giant reporting disappointing quarterly earnings, announcing the completion of code for Windows 7, and revealing plans to shutter its Soapbox ...