A Microsoft veteran believes that open source is the future of software. Why is this news? READ MORE

BusinessWeek declares the open source model is broken. Or did Stuart Cohen miss out on the fact that companies are already making and saving money with open source? READ MORE

Perfect is the enemy of good enough. This is fertile soil for why people choose to use the simpler, functional, cheaper open source cousins of proprietary feature function behemoths. Don’t get me wrong - too few features / crappy performance you lose customers because you’re not helping people solve problems if you lack too many features.

Recently, I observed a thread at the blog of Goban Saor entitled “Open Source Metrics.”

It basically has turned into a discussion which keeps creeping up about which tool is faster: Talend or Kettle. Which leads me to ask the question: Who Friggin’ Cares?

I’m a Kettle Expert so I think Kettle is Wicked Fast.
If I were a Talend Expert I’d think Talend is Wicked Fast.

Performance for customers who are focused on results, and aren’t …

Q&A with Bruce Eckel, author of "Thinking in Java" READ MORE

The 2009 MySQL Conference has closed it’s submissions for papers. This year the motto is “Innovation Everywhere”.

Last weekend’s Open SQL Camp in Charlottesville, Virginia, we had the chance to talk about the movements in the MySQL ecosystem. I was impressed to get the details of the Percona MySQL Patches, but focus is still in 5.0. (Welcome to the Percona team Tom Basil) Our Delta is attempting now to integrate patches into various MySQL branches. There was an opening keynote by Brian Aker from Drizzle, and Drizzle team Jay Pipes and Stewart Smith on hand. It was also announced that MySQL 5.1.30 will be GA, available in early December.

But these …

Last weekend I attended the OpenSQL Camp in Charlottesville, VA. There was a great turnout, and Baron did an excellent job organizing it! I saw a few folks I met at OSCON over the summer, along with meeting many new people. What a great group - intelligent, fun, and know how to get things done. I had some great conversations, especially with Brian, Stewart, Arjen, Patrick, Mark, and Jay. The food was great too, I was a bit worried about …

Can you develop a business model that works for the community and for paying customers? READ MORE

Admins in the U.S got a chance to talk shop at EDUCAUSE and the LISA ‘08 summit, but what about those in Europe? Don’t despair, because we’re co-hosting a mini-conference with MySQL, SchoolForge, RedHat, Sun, Op5, and Fusis at our UK headquarters in London on November 27th.

While the presentations are specifically aimed at education as well as the non-profit sector, anyone is welcome to attend. Engage us in discussions about your thoughts on the latest technology, how it blends with your …

Sun considered a merger or acquisition with Apple on three occasions in the past ... is it time for Sun to open that door again? READ MORE

Yang's departure opens the door for improved execution. Any takers? READ MORE