Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - Posts

Age old debate - Java vs .NET ( Reloaded )

The original posts by Carlos Perez on “101 Reasons Why Java is Better than .NEThas been re-compiled and posted into a single article ... I missed it previously, but found a link from Jason Whittington's Radio Weblog ( where he comments about the top 25 in the list ) and then digged thro' the webspace to find the “101 Reasons Why Java is Better than .NET ( Reloaded )” post here .. hmm.

Also during the process found another link to "101 things that the Mozilla browser can do that IE cannot".

Don't start a war here but it's always good to know the point of view of the other side in competition ! Some things as they say could be true and some are absolute crap but take the good points alone. It always helps if you ask me ;)

Link Interface 21.

Lots of good things happening recently, good talks, articles, posts and other stuffs ... Too many to link to but here's a few of them !

  • Just noticed that Don's going bonkers about Indian food in UK !!! Hey that's 'Pani Puri' and not 'Puri Pani' ! My advice for you is to try the 'Masala Puri' next time Don ...
  • Fowler has posted about DecoratedCommand pattern. I think the aspectish behaviour of this pattern that he talks about is a by-product of wrapping the command with a decorator (another level of indirection, more like a proxy ?! ) so that advice, as he puts it, can be provided to the domain's methods.
  • Old news but if you'd missed, check out Anders interview about Generics in Artima...
  • How to Advertise in Google via SilverStr's ramblings at the Sanctuary
  • SimpLite - Instant Message Security System. Encrypts MSN or other IM stuff, tho the person at the other end needs SimpLite too.... ( via The Chicken Coop )
  • Bob Powell has got a awesome bunch of articles on GDI+ .. Check it out.. No wonder he's an MVP too ..
  • CodeJack - a .NET community for sharing code and other artifacts, with chat rooms, message boards, and other features ... ( via Larkware News )
  • Another post on X# or Xen ...
  • A pretty old site but read this funny site about one man's fight against mice ...
  • An article on improvisation of security in code by Trusting reluctantly ! very interesting .... I liked this particular statement 
    • Sometimes, it's prudent not to trust even yourself. While everyone wants to be perfect, it's wise to get an outside opinion.
    • Remember, trust is transitive. Once you dole out some of it, you're implicitly extending it to anyone the trusted entity may trust. For this reason, trusted programs should never invoke untrusted programs. Be careful; trust can come back to bite you.

That's it for now ! Wow ! I am barely able to keep my eyes open now .. gotta catch up with some sleep ! Happy reading :)