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Disinformation Is An Open Source Problem
The Oxford dictionary defines disinformation as “false information which is intended to mislead.” That simple definition seems to understate the problem, given the fact that ...
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Getting Started With Issue Tracking – part 2
Getting started with issue tracking is much more than deciding on a software application or hosted service. It requires taking stock of team and client ...
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Getting Started with Issue Tracking – part 1
Got issues to manage? Most software teams do. They’re to-do lists that get angry when they don’t get done, and they can make teamwork flow ...
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ActivePython 3.1 highlights
We’ve just released ActivePython 3.1. There are lots of cool and useful things in this release, but since I’m not one of the Python gurus ...
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The Netherlands – Where Marijuana and Open Source are both Ubiquitous.
Matt Assay has once more delivered some great info – this time on the openness of the Dutch to…. open source! The Dutch government is ...
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ActiveState makes the SD Times 100 again in 2009
For the second year running, the Software Development (SD) Times recognizes ActiveState as a leader in tools and IDEs for enterprise developers. Each year the ...
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Freedom vs. Cost Savings
Another gem from Matt Asay on his blog The Open Road today. He discusses how for a long time the message behind why companies should ...
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Spectacular Summer Savings on ActiveState Developer Tools
Summer’s here and what better way to celebrate than with a sale? We’re offering $50 off all new license purchases! Part of a small team? ...
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Getting Started with Project Wikis
One of the best tools for teamwork to come out of web 2.0 has been the venerable wiki. Few things speak more to staying in ...
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How to install MySQL-python 1.2.3c1 on Mac OS X
Introduction Just a quick note on getting MySQL-python (aka import MySQLdb) 1.2.3c1 (the current latest version) to build and install on Mac OS X, because I ...
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Critical systems using Perl, Tcl or Python? Time to think about support.
A recent blog post by Matt Asay caught our eye here at ActiveState: “Recent survey data compiled by Forrester Consulting on behalf of information systems ...
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Better local development with VMs
I just downloaded and installed Ubuntu Server 9.04 in a VM Image strictly for the purposes of setting up a simple local dev environment on ...
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Komodo 5.1.3 released
We (ActiveState) released Komodo 5.1.3 today. Get it here: Komodo IDE Komodo Edit Or, if you are currently running any previous Komodo 5, click “Help ...
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