Last week, we put an interview with Eric Raymond up on our web site about his invited trip to Microsoft to talk about Open Source. This article received over 30,000 hits in just two days. I want to mention this, talk a little about it and offer some ideas why Microsoft is so interested. Then, on to Linux and development languages. I want to hit the high points of a few of them.
Many applications require databases.
I want to talk about what is included in the way of databases in Linux distributions. Finally, debugging tools, and what sorts of tools are included to help developers address their needs. Copyright 1996-99 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. publishers of Linux Journal. All rights reserved.