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Today’s top Google results for a variety of software keywords:

• sql : mysql.com
• web server : apache.org (Apache.org also is the top result for ‘server’)
• scripting : php.net
• operating system : linux.org
• word processing : abisource.com (AbiWord) (also first product page for “word processor”)
• spreadsheet : gnome.org/projects/gnumeric (OK, the first hit is actually Excel related, but it’s not an official product page. This one is and it’s the second result.)
• programming : java.sun.com (Granted, not open source, but not Microsoft Visual whatever)
• compiler : gcc.gnu.org
• browser : opera.com (Mozilla.org is the second result, IE is the third)
• content management : microsoft.com/cmserver/ (Surprise! Vignette is 2nd, Interwoven 3rd)

So what is that… 7 out of 10 are open source? Not bad. Content management is obviously an area that needs more open source effort.

Oh, and GNU.org is the 2nd result for ‘software’ (tucows is the 1st but too general to count).

No, this isn’t terribly scientific. It either shows that there are more people writing and linking to open source projects/sites or the commercial software companies are doing a terrible job improving their Google page rank.

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If you're interested in .NET development but not in paying Microsoft a cool grand for VisualStudio.NET, take a look at SharpDevelop, an open-source, GPL-licensed IDE that can compile C# and VB.NET code. The IDE is even built using C#!

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TortoiseCVS reaches 1.0! What a great little CVS client. If you use Windows, you need it. And... if you use CVS of course. What's CVS? Oh, nevermind.

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This impressed me so it's now making me want to learn Python.

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SourceForge: Project Info - CVS Conflict Editor-- what a nice editor for conflicts between files (more info here). Works great with TortoiseCVS. Gotta love free software.

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Borland's Antique Software: Turbo Pascal v5.5-- circa 1989. What a great year. My junior year of high school. Using a Compaq 386/20MHz PC. Coding in QuickBASIC, dBASE III+, Clipper Summer '87, C, Assembler and Turbo Pascal.

I think TP introduced me to OOP which may be why I'm still partial to Delphi (the visual successor to Turbo Pascal legacy). Remember the Borland Graphics Interface (BGI)? The TurboCalc demo? Win.pas was a unit for creating frames in DOS using line-drawing characters-- had nothing to do with MS Windows of course.

Don't mind me... I'm just wallowing in nostalgia. Do you have any memories to share?

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Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition is out (as of Wednesday actually) and about time. And hey, it natively supports regex (with the new java.util.regex package) in the String class! Assertions, new I/O support, a new logging API and much more. Sweet.

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Flaw spotted in new Microsoft tool. You've gotta feel sorry for Microsoft. Visual Studio .NET development tools for .NET shipped yesterday and they're already finding buffer-overflow exploits in it.

Particularly troubling is that the problem exists in any binaries produced by the .NET compiler. Read the press release by Cigital, the company that discovered the problem. Whoops.

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JBuilder 6.0 Personal is now available for download. If you're doing non-commercial or personal Java development, you should try it. I can't believe how fast they churn these versions out... seems like I just installed JBuilder 5 the other day!

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BrainJar.com: Experiments in Web Programming. Nice site with tutorials and source for DHTML menus, embedded draggable windows, CSS tutorials. Very nicely done.

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