Jonathan Altman

• Ned Batchelder: The first servers

  • The bit about optimizing area codes is fascinating. But here's a quote about how phone switches predate web server farms: "It's fascinating to realize that the work we do every day with web servers, which seems like a recent modern technology, was predated by guys like Erlang working with early phone switches over 100 years ago. Phone switches were the first servers: central machines connected to a large number of potential clients. In building these switches, the early engineers had to figure out from scratch how to anticipate the possible work load, so they could build switches large enough but not too large. The whole of queueing theory springs from the theories worked out by telephone switch engineers."
  • Posted: Mon Nov 03 20:17:14 UTC 2008

• EasyVMX!: Virtual Machine Creator

  • EasyVMX! is the simple and failsafe way to create complete virtual machines for VMware Player on the web. You can install any Windows, Linux, BSD or Solaris, and test LiveCDs in a safe environment.
  • Posted: Mon Nov 03 20:17:14 UTC 2008

• Symbian OS Ruby port – Trac

  • Welcome to the Mobile Ruby Project Ruby 1.9 for Symbian OS is here! This is the place to find the latest source of Ruby 1.9 VM for Symbian OS 9.x
  • Posted: Mon Nov 03 20:17:14 UTC 2008

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