Ok, so it’s only in the architecture stage… but the great news is, we’re already publishing the info so we can get early feedback before implementation starts. I think that’s a fab development. Greg Lehey is leading this project. You can find the review document here: OnlineBackup (on the MySQL Forge Wiki). This feature will [...]
My good friend Zak Greant spotted a news item at Techworld, where the European Commission appears to have changed its position on software patents. Have a read, it’s interesting and I hope that it really does indicate a new direction from the commission and not just one loose statement. If it is for real, that’s [...]
Just spotted: Microsoft CEO: catching Yahoo, Google to take time “We are a little bit late in the game,” Ballmer said. “But at the end of the day it is going to be about the ability to create a mass marketplace for buyers and consumers.” Ballmer said Microsoft would seek to create a marketplace where [...]
This is a great bi-annual conference. Interesting people and talks, and very well organised. Three days of tutorials, two days main conference (two tracks), a free software bazaar on Wednesday evening, and a social event on Thursday. The official language at the conference is English. If you’re in the area, check it out! My own [...]
A user just alerted me to an article in LWN where community editions of various OSS products are compared with certified editions. MySQL’s certified edition came out with 0 defects. According to the article, the report does have a defect count for the community edition. That sounded curious to me, since the certified edition is [...]
So, before hopping on my plane from Seattle to Chicago on Tuesday, I met with one of the C# compiler developers at Microsoft (thanks to CJ for arranging!) and this was indeed a very interesting chat. You may know that 40% of the MySQL userbase uses the Windows platform in one form or another. What [...]
In Chicago now, and tonight is the (moved from Monday) local MySQL UG meeting, from 7pm. See : http://mysql.meetup.com/5/ (the group) and http://mysql.meetup.com/5/events/4892024/ (this event) for full details. If you’re in the Chicago area, do drop in, say hi, and ask any questions! Mark Matthews (MySQL Java and Windows lead) and I will be there [...]
Right… I now have a bk tree with Falcon here, so I can play with our new storage engine. Builds fine and works. Do ask me to show, when I’m at a conference or user group meeting somewhere! Of course, the integration process is still ongoing. I was fortunate to spend some time with Jim [...]
The Call-for-Papers for the International PHP Conference 2006, 5-8 November in Frankfurt (Germany) has been extended. So, there’s still some more time to get your ideas in there! The PHP conf is organisationally interesting (perhaps only to those of us who are involved in organising conferences because it has fairly long regular sessions (75 minutes), [...]