Linux Insider has a great story on Nessus' move to closed source with its 3.0 product. The article has some wringing their hands about the decision, acting as if open source were going to shrivel and die because the code's primary developer decided he couldn't make a living off free-loaders.

And so Nessus is facing complaints from users like Alan Shimel, Chief Strategy Officer for StillSecure:"Here's the danger we are running into," he said. "People contribute resources to these communities, whether it be time, money, or code. When they see everything they give converted for the commercial success of an individual rather than as a community as a whole, how long do you think they are …

Registration for the 2006 MySQL Users Conference is now open.  This is the place to be for all things MySQL and to hear from some of the great innovators out there today!  We'll have several good .NET and Mono presentations.  If you're planning on attending, drop me a line and we'll share an IPizza.  :-)

Sometime ago I learned how hard it can be dealing with DMOZ and the so-called Open Directory Project. My lessons learned were that the open directory was open for the editors, and not for everyone. Since that time I have read some shocking specualtion about what goes on at the open directory project.

With Wikipedia I learned this year that unless the topic you want to write about interests a million people, they won't let you publish it.

So where should the developing news and information go to gain an audience without breaking the budget?

For sometime now, I have been working on a web 2.0 style project that aims to add some innovative features on top of certain concepts taken from web 2.0, Wikipedia, and ODP. The alpha version of this project is available online at OpenEncyclopaedia.com with many features planned and coded but not yet deployed. …

Ok, if you're reading this.. you'll notice the new look. Things that have changed.

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2. New Server : Single processor, less powerful than before.. but this has less traffic.
   
3. RHEL 4 : Redhat Enterprise Linux 4
   
4. PHP 5.1 : Custom built version of PHP 5.1
   
5. MySQL 5 : Upgraded to MySQL 5
   
6. S9y : Changed backend from Wordpress to Serendipity.
   

Why did I do this ? Because I can, and because my other server is being used for mail. It's also close to a new year, so I wanted to turn a new leaf, try something new, and have some fun. Resolutions for next year (in no particular order)

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• Learn more JavaScript so I can do more "AJAX"y stuff.
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Well, I'm into day three of my vacation and so far the destruction of the new house is proceeding nicely:

I get the feeling by the time January 3 rolls around I'll be happy to just sit and work on the MySQL docs, a nice vacation from my vacation.

Greetings!  I joined MySQL this week as Senior Product Manager over MySQL Network.  I am honored to be working with the people who have built the #1 open source database in the world!  This is truly a “kid in a candy store” opportunity for me and my promise to the loyal MySQL ”fandom” is that I will work with our current and prospective customers to build the suite of Network services into the defacto standard for proactively managing and supporting the MySQL database engine. 

If you are a current Network customer, thank you for your business.  Please consider me a resource at your disposal for helping you to be more efficient and strategic as you leverage MySQL going forward.  Your input and feedback is key to our success and is greatly appreciated by yours truly!  I encourage you to post early and often your comments and suggestions …

These instructions are for the common SIMPLE situation of deploying a WebObjects application on ONE server where the server also acts as the web server. The database can be on the same server too or any other server requiring only that the EOModel connection URL point to the database wherever it is. This is especially useful for first time WO deployment newbies. But first, if you have not already configured the server for WebObjects deployment, then read that entry in this blog first and configure your server.
[UPDATE 4/25/2006: Building on Tiger 10.4.6, WO 5.3.1 for deploy on Panther 10.3.9, WO 5.2.3]