IBM Cloudscape V10.0

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Nov 302004
 

IBM is giving away Cloudscape, an Open-Source Java RDBMS. It’s platform independend (if you can run Java, you can run Cloudscape) and it has a small footprint (about 2Mbyte) so it can be used for smart-devices (PDAs, cellphones).

If you live in the US or in Canada, you can even participate in their challenge where you can win an Apple iPod.

Click on the title to go to the download page and the challenge page.

If I find the time, I’ll try to find out if it’s worth your time. I have a trial version of Borland JBuilder 2005 somewhere on a DVD, so perhaps that’s a good combo to try out. JB2005 and Cloudscape.

 Posted by at 23:20

SCO defaced

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Nov 292004
 

We all heard about the recent claims from SCO that “their” code was stolen and they want to be paid for it. Today their site has been defaced. Look, and laugh.

 Posted by at 15:05

Inno Setup

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Nov 282004
 

Reading blogs on the Borland site, I stumbled upon a link to Inno Setup. The guy said “Inno Setup rocks!”, so I followed the link. Although I haven’t tried it yet, the feature list is impressive:

  • Support for all 32-bit Windows versions in use today — Windows 95, 98, 2000, 2003, XP, Me, NT 4.0. (No service packs are required.)
  • Supports creation of a single EXE to install your program for easy online distribution. Disk spanning is also supported.
  • Standard Windows 2000/XP-style wizard interface.
  • Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom.
  • Complete uninstall capabilities.
  • Includes integrated support for “deflate”, bzip2, and 7-Zip LZMA file compression. The installer has the ability to compare file version info, replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCX’s and type libraries, and install fonts.
  • Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop.
  • Creation of registry and .INI entries.
  • Integrated Pascal scripting engine.
  • Support for multilingual installs.
  • Silent install and uninstall.
  • Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0).

Especially when I add the line “Inno Setup is free!”.

 Posted by at 00:08

Acrobat Reader: how about a fast startup?

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Nov 252004
 

You browse the internet, yes? You come across lots of PDF-files, yes? But everytime you want to view such a neat, portable, securable document, you are bugged by the Acrobat Reader. The splashscreen is there in a jiffy, but it takes forever to be able to view/browse the document.

There is a solution. This is not new, but I stumpled upon it just a couple of minutes ago. Read this and this page, if you want PDF to be something you like, instead of hate.

 Posted by at 13:23

Sybase ASE Express for Linux – Free

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Nov 242004
 

Another freebie, this time from Sybase. They are giving away the stripped version of ASE, hence the addition Express that we already know from Microsoft being a synonym for stripped-down-in-features. But only a Linux version. It has limitations to only address up to 2GB of RAM and 5GB of database-files.

At least give it a try, I think it’s a great database. Click here.

 Posted by at 15:47

Bittorrent

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Nov 222004
 

This weekend I started using the Bittorrent P2P network, with the Azureus client. I choose that client (there are a lot more clients, with more or with less functionality) because on several forums I read that it had the most functionality.

I must say, without having tested others, that the program is easy to use, looks good, has tons of features, and seems very stable. One of the most wanted features in a P2P client is the ability to limit available bandwidth. Azureus can limit the bandwidth in general, but also per torrent you make available. So you can limit popular (scarce availibity) downloads to a certain amount of kbyte/sec and leave the rest on umlimited (that obeys the connection-specification you entered, so 512kbyte/sec upload max if you said that your line is that fast).

What I need to get used to, is the inability to search for torrents via the client. But that’s the nature of Bittorrent: torrents are not stored on a central server. You don’t even logon on a central server.

 Posted by at 10:26

Bejeweled 2 – bought

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Nov 212004
 

I bought Bejeweled 2 Deluxe. I couldn’t resist it. Its license can be installed 5 times, so if you accidentally wipe your harddisk or like to install it on your laptop, you can do that. Cool.

My action hiscore is now 519450, my second place is 504500. I have to get a score of about 310000 to even get to the hiscore-list now.

One surprise, my girlfriend is addicted too. And she doesn’t even like games, so she says!

Update (20:49): Hiscore is now 798200 and I need to score above 360000 to get on the list.

 Posted by at 17:46

JBuilder 2005 Foundation for free

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Nov 182004
 

If you’re into Java and you like Borland’s JBuilder, then you will be pleased to hear that they are giving away the Foundation edition of JBuilder 2005. You can either download the trial version of the Enterprise or Developer edition, and after 30 days either one will revert to the free Foundation version. Or you can download the Foundation version. For the Enterprise or Developer version you will need a BDN account, but that’s free as well. Click on the title to go to the download page. JBuilder has versions for Windows, Solaris, Linux and Mac.

 Posted by at 10:23
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