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Virtual Directories
I’ve talked to a couple of companies now that sell virtual directory products. Most recently, I talked to Identyx, a company recently bought by Red Hat to enhance their directory product offerings. A virtual directory is software that looks like a directory (typically, an LDAP one) but doesn’t actually store any data. Whenever a request comes…
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Why (OS) Architecture Matters
In previous posts (for example, What Linux Needs to Learn From Microsoft) I’ve complained about the lack of management APIs in Linux and UNIX. Microsoft Windows has a comprehensive set of management APIs for a variety of OS features: Networking File/printer sharing Event logs Registry I/O Service control etc. Moreover, each of these APIs typically…
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The Future of Linux
As a software developer, I get to see aspects of Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X of which end-users are oblivious. In previous posts, (for example, What Linux Needs to Learn from Windows) I have bemoaned the lack of standards between Linux distributions and the lack of system APIs. I’ve also praised Microsoft for…