We read in wikipedia:

"Mac OS X is the successor to the original Mac OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984 [...] The first version released was Mac OS X Server 1.0 in 1999, and a desktop-oriented version, Mac OS X v10.0 followed in March 2001"
The funny thing about MacOSX launch was the huge hype on the retail box: it was named "The world's most advanced operating system" and really it was very huge leap ahead.

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After reading an interesting article on Erlang  and Java interoperability, I have decided to dedicate my spare time to Erlang.

O'Reilly has just published a wonderful book on Erlang, so I decided to dive into it.

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Book review by Stefano Fago: This book introduce one of most interesting  language of new wave of functional programming. You will find a complete overview of clojure language focusing in functional paradigm that can be the real obstacle for a standard developer. The author try to follow you on learning different subject with a lot of examples but sometimes it need more reflection and time to master some arguments and a syntax that may seems obscure. The book is a good starting point to introduce you to a new way of programming but also to learn some particulars aspect of Java. To consider a complete but not easy reading. However a book to have!

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Dopo una lunga esperienza con O'Reilly, abbiamo deciso si provare il servizio a pagamento "Safari Books Online": in questo articolo esploriamo i pro e i contro di questo servizio coraggioso, che siamo certi vi darà parecchie soddisfazioni.

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After a long experience with O'Reilly, we decided to try their service "Safari Books Online". This article will explore the pros and cons of this courageous service, which we believe will give you many satisfactions.

La versione italiana di questo articolo è disponibile a questo link.

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Mercurial, The Definitive Guide

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My Big Company asked me to develop a small-sized application using C# and WebForms. The Customer was a big Italian Bank, and it asked for that technology: I was chosen because of my Java seniority, but I was zero on .NET knowledge

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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. Yale Professor Alan Perlis

In occasione dell'Elixir Conf siamo lieti di pubblicare una intervista con Francesco Cesarini.  Nel 2009 abbiamo già recensito "Erlang Programming A Concurrent Approach to Software Development" scritto a quattro mani con Simon Thompson. Ora siamo lieti di ospitare una intervista ad ampio respiro con una delle colonne portati di Erlang Solutions.

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