Clive Tong What is DNX? In the past, working in .NET for non-Windows platforms has been dependent on third-party frameworks like Mono. Now, with VS2015 and DNX Microsoft have stepped... 30 July 2015 6 min read
Robert Sheldon Application Containers For Cloud Computing Containers promise to make applications more portable and efficient. The technology, originally based on Linux's cgroups, provides a way of running several applications as modular,... 11 February 2015 12 min read
Shameer Introduction to OpenStack OpenStack is an open-source cloud platform based on Linux. It aims to allow organisations to run cloud services on standard hardware, with interoperability between cloud... 10 April 2012 6 min read
Richard Morris Geek of the Week: Linus Torvalds For Windows programmers, Linus Torvalds work has suddenly become relevant. No, we don't mean Linux, but Git. This distributed Source Control system now works sweetly... 17 October 2011 15 min read
Richard Morris Richard Stallman: Geek of the Week Many famous geeks work away at their programs without considering the wider implications of what they, and others, are doing. Richard Stallman isn't like that.... 20 July 2009 12 min read
Richard Morris Andrew Tanenbaum: Geek of the Week Andrew Tanenbaum has had an immense influence on the way that operating systems are designed. He provided the inspiration for Linux, in his lightweight kernel... 14 August 2008 9 min read
Richard Morris Linus Torvalds: Geek of the Week Linus Torvalds is remarkable, not only for being the technical genius who wrote Linux, but for then being able to inspire and lead an enormous... 17 July 2008 23 min read
