PyODConverter | Art of Solving [MS Office -> PDF using openoffice.org package in server mode]
http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource/pyodconverter PyODConverter
Java
SourceForge.net: BenchmarkSQL
http://sourceforge.net/projects/benchmarksql tool for testing database performance, jdbc-based, supports a lot of different DBs
Cookies are for Closers » LinkedIn Architecture
http://cookiesareforclosers.com/blog/2008/06/linkedin-architecture interesing notes about LinkedIn architecture (JAVA + MYSQL + ORACLE)
spinn3r-architecture-talk-2008-mysql-users-conference.pdf (application/pdf Object)
http://burtonator.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/spinn3r-architecture-talk-2008-mysql-users-conference.pdf PDF slided for spinner sharded mysql architecture
STSC CrossTalk - Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? - Jan 2008
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2008/01/0801DewarSchonberg.html A talk or sort of open letter complaining about decline of quality of CS education in USA, and in particular “java school” approaches
Java theory and practice: Thread pools and work queues
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp0730.html thread pools and how to design server applications
Installing Tomcat5 on RHEL4 or CentOS4.2
http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/tomcat-centos/ howto