Links: 26-05-2007

• Java Programming for Kids, Parents and Grandparents - e-book about java for kids :),
• Law Of Demeter and Law of Demeter: Canary in a coal mine,
• Show don’t tell: Consulting with GraphViz,
• Estimation considered harmful and If estimation is harmful… then, what’s not?,
• Writing Better Code: A Conversation With Sun Microsystems Technology Evangelist Brian Goetz,
• Patterns and Anti-Patterns in Project Portfolio Management.

Opteron faster than Xeon in SQL Database Test

Neal Nelson Benchmarking Laboratory has made comparison between AMD server and Intel server using practically identical machines.
Result is: AMD Opteron Processor Faster than Xeon Woodcrest in SQL Database Test.
"The firm (Neal Nelson Benchmarking Laboratory) uses its own SQL transaction benchmark, generating traffic from up to 500 WWW clients at once, and aims to give the major subsystems in servers a thorough kicking." (More about this you can find there).