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PHP 4 on death row

Version 4 of the popular Web scripting language is on borrowed time, forcing developers to the less successful version 5 Read more »

Torvalds, Lerdorf and Widenius speak out against EU patent law

The creator of Linux, PHP and MySQL have urged the EU Council not to adopt a draft directive on software patents as they consider it 'deceptive, dangerous and democratically illegitimate'. Read more »

Developers compete at heavyweight Linux conference

Developers are gearing up for a fiercely competitive hack-fest at a heavyweight Linux conference in Adelaide this month. Read more »

Linux.conf.au - Australian Special Report

As Perth plays host to Linux.conf.au--one of the world's largest gatherings of technology developers--Builder Australia takes you behind the scenes, in an exclusive special report. Read more »

Torvalds appears at Aust conference

Linux.conf.au delegates can expect a high-profile surprise with the revelation that Linux pioneer Linus Torvalds is attending their conference in Perth this week. Read more »

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The Web needs an overhaul

Rasmus Lerdorf, the father of PHP, says that the Web is inherently broken and needs an overhaul to the entire infrastructure: browsers, servers and scripting languages. Read more »

Special report: Linux.conf 2005

Builder AU will be covering the latest news, interviews and blogs from Linux.conf.au 2005 live in this special report from Canberra. Read more »

The future looks PHPerfect

With versions on most Web platforms, a library of databases and Web/XML services, PHP may be the next-generation Web language for your network. Read more »

Linux.conf.au day one: Less hype more code

A sold out Linux.conf.au 2003 started with the cheering of Linux users, hacks and hobbyists when Linus Torvalds was introduced suited up as none other than Tux, the famous Linux icon. Read more »

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Rasmus' retort to Rusty

While Rusty Russell may feel that C++ is horrible, PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf feels C is just as bad. Read more »

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Roadmap for PHP6

PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf discusses the changes in PHP6 and how it will impact developers. Read more »

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Security on the Web

Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of PHP, discusses security on the Web. He explains how almost all sites are vulnerable and why the entire structure of the Web needs an overhaul. Read more »

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Pirates rejoice!

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's roundup brings news about Vista first service pack, PDF's standards push and a video of why the Web needs changing. Read more »

You shall be replaced by a small shell script

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's roundup covers OSDC, Google's attempt to get school kids into open source, the roel of automation in software development, why we hate salespeople and more. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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