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Today the integration with Sun made two steps forward for me.
I finally got the access to Sun internal network, and as a
consequence, I was able to create a new
blog. My first post is just an introduction to the larger Sun community. From my next post, I will start aggregating that blog as well in Planet MySQL. |
May
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2008
May
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2008
Hello, Sun!
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I am one of the 400 employees who, on January 16, 2008, awoke at the thundering words of Marten Mickos and Jonathan Schwartz, announcing that MySQL had been acquired by Sun for $1b. Theoretically, or arithmetically, I should be worth $2.5m, and so handle with care. :) Who am I? I am a database enthusiast, with a reputation in several open source places. I am known in the Perl and MySQL communities, and you may have seen me around during some conferences, talking about unusual hacks or making jokes in heavily accented English. |
I have another, historical blog, actually, with the same name, The Data Charmer, which has become my middle name.
My current job is MySQL …
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May
01
2008
At the 2008 MySQL Conference and Expo, Chander Kant of Zmanda delivered a keynote on "Radically Simple Backup & Recovery for Live MySQL". Get the slides on the Forge at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008ThursdayNotes#Radically_Simple_Backup_.26_Recovery_for_Live_MySQL
May
01
2008
At the 2008 MySQL Conference and Expo, Jeff Rothschild of Facebook.com delivered a keynote entitled "A Match Made in Heaven? The Social Graph and the Database". See people's blog posts on the Forge at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008ThursdayNotes#A_Match_Made_in_Heaven.3F_The_Social_Graph_and_the_Database
May
01
2008
At the 2008 MySQL Conference and Expo, Ronald Bradford delivered "The Top 20 Design Tips for Enterprise Data Architects". See the slides on the Forge at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008ThursdayNotes#Top_20_DB_Design_Tips_Every_Architect_Needs_to_Know
May
01
2008
At the 2008 MySQL Conference and Expo, the closing keynote was Jacek Becla speaking on "The Science and Fiction of Petascale Analysis". See the slides on the Forge at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008ThursdayNotes#The_Science_and_Fiction_of_Petascale_Analytics
May
01
2008
At the 2008 MySQL Conference and Expo, there was a panel discussion on "Addressing Challenges of Data Warehousing - a Panel Discussion" including:
Robin Schumacher (Sun/MySQL) (moderator)
Brian Miezejewski (MySQL), Charles Hooper (Pro Relational Systems), Paul Whittington (NitroSecurity, Inc.), Raj Cherabuddi (Kickfire), Victoria Eastwood (InfoBright Inc.)
May
01
2008
At the 2008 MySQL User Conference and Expo, Lenz Grimmer spoke about "Performing MySQL Backups Using LVM Snapshots". Download the slides, see people's notes, and more on the MySQL Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008WednesdayNotes#Performing_MySQL_Backups_Using_LVM_Snapshots
May
01
2008
At the 2008 MySQL User Conference and Expo, Farhan Mashraqi spoke about "Optimizing MySQL and InnoDB on Solaris 10 for World's Largest Photo Blogging Community". Download the slides, see people's notes, and more on the MySQL Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008ThursdayNotes#Optimizing_MySQL_and_InnoDB_on_Solaris_10_for_World.27s_Largest_Photo_Blogging_Community
May
01
2008
At the 2008 MySQL User Conference and Expo, Eric Herman and Antony Curtis spoke about "External Language Stored Procedures". Download the slides, see people's notes, and more on the MySQL Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008ThursdayNotes#External_Language_Stored_Procedures