What next for Embarcadero Delphi? Roadmap with Mac, Linux support published.

By tim, on May 16th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Embarcadero has published an updated roadmap for its Delphi development tools: Delphi, C++Builder and the RAD Studio shared IDE. These tools combine the Object Pascal (Delphi) or C++ language with a visual component library and native code compiler for Windows.

Chief Technical Architect Michael Rozlog outlines four products which are being worked on, including

…continue reading What next for Embarcadero Delphi? Roadmap with Mac, Linux support published.

Ubuntu Lucid Lynx great as ever, no game changer

By tim, on April 30th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I’ve upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, and I’m using it to type this post. Ubuntu Lucid Lynx is a “long term support” edition, making it suitable for businesses. The upgrade from Karmic, the previous version, went relatively smoothly. I say relatively because my laptop is dual boot and has two hard drives.

…continue reading Ubuntu Lucid Lynx great as ever, no game changer

Microsoft - make up your mind about Moonlight

By tim, on April 25th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I’ve been trying out Microsoft’s Office Web Apps, as provided for the release version of SharePoint 2010. The cross platform story is uneven, whether across Mac/Windows/Linux, or across different browsers, or even across different versions of Windows and Office. So far it does mostly work though, even if there are problems with certain tasks

…continue reading Microsoft – make up your mind about Moonlight

Nokia Maemo, Intel Moblin gives way to MeeGo

By tim, on February 15th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Nokia’s Maemo operating system, a Linux distribution for mobile devices, is being merged with the Intel-sponsored Moblin distribution to form MeeGo, under the direction of the Linux Foundation:

MeeGo combines Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo projects at the Linux Foundation to create one open source uber-platform for the next generation of computing devices: tablets,

…continue reading Nokia Maemo, Intel Moblin gives way to MeeGo

A painful upgrade to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

By tim, on October 31st, 2008 Follow tim on Twitter

I’m writing a piece on Ubuntu – makes a change from all that Windows at Microsoft’s PDC. I wanted to be up-to-date, so I upgraded my laptop from Hardy Heron (8.4) to Intrepid Ibex (8.10), released just yesterday. I followed the officially recommended procedure. Currently I only have a wi-fi connection, which is not ideal, but I reckoned

…continue reading A painful upgrade to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

What to say about Ubuntu Hardy Heron?

By tim, on April 25th, 2008 Follow tim on Twitter

I installed Ubuntu Hardy Heron, a “long term support” release which went final yesterday.

It’s a tricky thing to assess. There are in general two things to say about Linux. First, you can take the line that it is a wonderful thing: free, fast, responsive and capable. You can do your work on this,

…continue reading What to say about Ubuntu Hardy Heron?

Tim Anderson’s ITWriting

Recent Comments

Blogroll

Archives