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title: links for 2007-08-27
date: 2007-08-27T05:20:39Z
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- [Ted Leung on the Air » Blog Archive » Scalability != concurrency](http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/08/25/scalability-concurrency/)
    
    “It is certainly possible to scale a program written in any language – that’s a given. Especially when scaling = throwing more hardware at it. But there’s got to be a better way…Question is whether the better way is worth the price of admission.”
    
    (tags: [concurrency](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/concurrency) [scalability](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/scalability) [tedleung](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/tedleung) [erlang](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/erlang) [java](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/java) [samruby](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/samruby))
- [Ted Leung on the Air » Blog Archive » Yet another reason why Nikon’s star seems to be rising](http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/08/25/yet-another-reason-why-nikons-star-seems-to-be-rising/)
    
    is Nikon beating Canon via its community efforts?
    
    (tags: [nikon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/nikon) [canon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/canon) [flickr](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/flickr) [community](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/community))
- [Obligatory Weekly Marketing Post at Churbuck.com](http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1322)
    
    “I’m not a conference goer, but there are more and more beginning to pile up…I thought conferences were somewhat doomed, but now the whole BarCamp thing seems to be breathing life back into them.” – and thus the pendulum swings
    
    (tags: [conferences](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/conferences) [pendulum](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/pendulum) [davidchurbuck](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/davidchurbuck) [barcamp](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/barcamp) [unconferences](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/unconferences))
- [RussellBeattie.com – Java needs an overhaul](http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/java-needs-an-overhaul)
    
    everybody who sent me this is right: it’s worth reading. i don’t agree w/ everything in here, but it’s a useful and (mostly) constructive critique
    
    (tags: [russellbeattie](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/russellbeattie) [java](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/java) [erlang](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/erlang) [concurrency](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/concurrency) [bloat](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/bloat) [languages](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/languages) [jvm](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/jvm) [threading](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/threading))
- [Sam Ruby: Lean Languages and Libraries](http://intertwingly.net/blog/2007/08/25/Lean-Languages-and-Libraries)
    
    Sam’s take on Beattie’s piece
    
    (tags: [erlang](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/erlang) [java](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/java) [programming](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/programming) [samruby](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/samruby) [russellbeattie](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/russellbeattie))