A survey of more than 400 developers showed that
MySQL is closing the lead Microsoft's SQL server has in emerging
markets. More than 50 percent of developers in the emerging
market countries said they are using Microsoft's SQL Server, but
46 percent said they are using MySQL.
This is another great news, after the results coming from the
european SMBs survey. The adoption and usage
of MySQL is still growing despite the economic downturn. Go
MySQL!
I know that you may have read about it before, but I want to
summarize some interesting evolutions of MySQL and the Open
Source adoption in Europe.
I will reflect on it with a specific focus on Italy, for two
reasons: Italy is my home country and is of the
territories where I work as a Sales Engineer (together with
Iberia and Emerging Markets).
MySQL has just released survey of 637 small and medium-size
businesses (less than 500 employees) in Europe documenting open
source usage. According to the survey the future will be full of satisfaction for
MySQL.
You can read the comments in Zack's post …
- Milestones in the History of Thematic Cartography -- This resource provides a comprehensive view of the history of cartography, with examples of maps created throughout the ages and background information about the contexts within which those maps, visualizations and map making technologies were created. Explore each time period, click on the images and stories found throughout each time line, and read more about the history of creating thematic maps as a means of visualizing data. (via Titine on Delicious)
- Interview with Larry Ellison (Infoworld) -- Asked about MySQL, "No, we're not going to spin it off," even if asked to by the EU, Ellison said. Lots of detail and …
There is once again a lot of fuzz going on about Open Source Business models,
First on my eyballs was the article that Customers don't seem to like openCore what a big surprise ..
So that's not the one that makes the customers happy ,
Then there is the other side of the coin, the people that create
open source
Authors realize the dual licensing model comes
hunting back at you after a merger or a hostile acquisition,
yes they still have the source code to build on but they can't
sell commercial licenses to their customers anymore they way they
used to. …
I've just spent an hour of my spare time watching an exceptional
UC Berkeley Lecture by Arun Sarin, former Vodafone's CEO. He
shared his thoughts on leadership, focusing on four major topics
that a leader should always keep in mind. I'll try to summarize
some points that I intend to keep in mind.
Strategy
Always look at the big picture, keep an eye on what will be your
company in 5,10, 15 years. Try to understand the world and
anticipate trends. Comunicate clearly through mission and vision
and make sure that every step is in the right direction.
Operations
While a good leader should be strategic, never underestimate the
daily operations. Make sure that your customers have a good
experience with the company. Be sure that they have the needed
attention if an issue arises.
People
Be an overall nice person to work with. Choose the right
people in the right …
Following up on yesterday's post about Peter Drucker's principles of effective executives, I asked former CEO of MySQL Mårten Mickos to discuss the principles that we has used in building an effective executive team. After all no single executive can be successful on their own; to build a high-performance culture requires a discipline that extends across the entire leadership.
Business intelligence has been talked about for
quite a while. Even today, while companies are looking to make
budget cuts, some experts are saying that BI can be used to beat the recession.
When I hear about BI systems, the first thing that comes to my
mind is a huge and expensive system that has very powerful
servers, that sucks data from many sources and runs some
intensive and even more expensive reporting suite. Since I had
been involved in projects to set those systems up, I know that it
can probably take around a year to complete.
So everyone is in fact thinking about saving money yet still
being …
On my last count, there are now 20+ Sun Contributor Agreement (SCA) signatories whose names appear on the master list and who are interested in contributing to MySQL. Only this week, three new members signed the SCA.
These 22+ signatories have all been added since mid-February when we launched the new, Sun-compliant SCA signing process. Before the end of 2009, if we proceed at this same rate, MySQL SCA signatories list should grow to about 70 to 90 contributors.
In the meantime, contributions from many of these contributors have already been accepted and integrated. (I had earlier pointed to Armin Schöffmann's contribution as a simple example of how all this works.)
Some people continue to …
[Read more]On my last count, there are now 20+ Sun Contributor Agreement (SCA) signatories whose names appear on the master list and who are interested in contributing to MySQL. Only this week, three new members signed the SCA.
These 22+ signatories have all been added since mid-February when we launched the new, Sun-compliant SCA signing process. Before the end of 2009, if we proceed at this same rate, MySQL SCA signatories list should grow to about 70 to 90 contributors.
In the meantime, contributions from many of these contributors have already been accepted and integrated. (I had earlier pointed to Armin Schöffmann's contribution as a simple example of how all this works.)
Some people continue to …
[Read more]On my last count, there are now 20+ Sun Contributor Agreement (SCA) signatories whose names appear on the master list and who are interested in contributing to MySQL. Only this week, three new members signed the SCA.
These 22+ signatories have all been added since mid-February when we launched the new, Sun-compliant SCA signing process. Before the end of 2009, if we proceed at this same rate, MySQL SCA signatories list should grow to about 70 to 90 contributors.
In the meantime, contributions from many of these contributors have already been accepted and integrated. (I had earlier pointed to Armin Schöffmann's contribution as a simple example of how all this works.)
Some people continue to …
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