The FFII and NoSoftwarePatents.com have picked up an award for outstanding contribution to software development for their work in blocking European patent legislation, at the CNET Networks UK Technology Awards.
Florian Mueller of NoSoftwarePatents.com and Rufus Pollock of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) received their awards in front of an audience of IT [...]
That’s the headline of this article in ComputerWorld. It continues:
The NSW Office of State Revenue (OSR) is taking a tough stance against Microsoft’s decision to make an enterprise edition of Windows Vista only available to companies that have signed on to its Software Assurance program. The tax collection agency has declared it would rather switch [...]
Another CfP:
“The USC, Simi/Conejo, and UCLA Linux User Groups are proud to announce the 4th annual Southern California Linux Expo scheduled for February 11-12, 2006 at the Westin Hotel near the Los Angeles International Airport. Building on the tremendous success of last three years’ SCALE, we will continue to promote Linux and the Open Source [...]
Yes indeedy, one of the coolest jobs at MySQL AB is up for grabs… well, you can’t just grab it, we’re really picky. You have to be of the pretty cool -know where your towel is- kind.
Kaj and I are looking for an extra Community Relations person, based in North America. You’ll be doing a [...]
MySQL 5.0 is now in the RC stage… if you haven’t looked at 5.0 before, now’s really the time to get cooking!
And yep, by getting actively involved you can win one of those fabulously cool and tiny iPod nano gizmos, and even free passes to the next MySQL Users Conference in 2006.
Why push it? Because [...]
Hurricane relief organizer lauds MySQL, open source is just a very nice article at SearchEnterpriseLinux.com.
Capalon Internet Solutions in Baltimore used MySQL and other open source tools to set up the Contact Loved Ones call center for families separated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Useful! In the article, the CEO tells his story of how and [...]
The photo was taken by Kevin Severud, who also happens to be the proud owner of the plate.
Kevin notes:
It’s all mine. It’s my way of honoring what I consider the preeminent tool of the masses to make the information age a reality. But it’s also my way of honoring my Swedish [...]
You’ve probably already read about this in other people’s blog entries…. I now have my own dedicated VP Community Relations! Only for a short while really, because more people are joining our community department. Which is fab also.
Anyway, Kaj Arnö by no means a stranger to community work, and posesses just the right degree [...]
Yes, it was my daughter Phoebe next to the userconf banner
Phoebe is now three months old, and doing great!
The little T-shirt is the only one of its kind, I am researching MySQL merchandise so this was a fun test subject (the colour is a bit off, and the method of printing not quite [...]
It’s time again! The MySQL Users Conference, 2006 edition, will be held in Santa Clara, CA. Yep, same place as last year. The exact dates are: April 24-27. For complete details, see http://www.mysqluc.com/
I’m doing the program chair job again – heaps of fun (and hard work
The deadline for proposals is November 7, 2005.
http://www.mysqluc.com/cs/mysqluc2006/create/e_sess
I’ll [...]
