Why generalizations about open source product usability don't apply to vendor-sponsored open source projects READ MORE

Why do we continue to lust after Apple products when Apple treats us like two-year olds? READ MORE

Find out whether management at Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and IBM think that open source is a threat or an opportunity. READ MORE

Me, Larry Augustin and a penguin. Film at 11:00. READ MORE

What do Alfresco, SugarCRM, FireFox, Hyperic, VirtualBox, Pentaho, MySQL and SNORT have in common? READ MORE

My parents instilled upon me many values that I keep with me today. My twin brother and I are the youngest of four children, coming from a lower-middle class background. We children had the inevitable fights over material possessions, screeching “Mine! Mine!”

My father’s response to this was to look at us and say “These toys are mine; I bought those toys with money I worked for. What’s yours is what you make with your bodies.” While the sentiment is arguably harsh, crude and bordering on vulgar, I cannot argue that he had a certain point.

If you do not truly own something, you will be left squabbling like a child when your perceived ownership is threatened. When you assumed you owned something and the truth comes to light, you will be massively insecure and have a sense of injustice.

A few points from OSCon are haunting me and getting me …

Mozilla Labs is looking for your input and help in designing your next generation browser. Check out the innovative features and capabilities that they're looking at already. READ MORE

Less than two weeks ago, I posted my Database Survey. As of just a few minutes ago, I have had 215 responses. That's pretty awesome. I'd like to get at least twice that though.

I haven't looked deeply at it yet to see if there are any trends. I think it will be best to wait until the survey is closed. I did look at some of the responses, kind of as a quality check. Looks like MySQL is fairly well represented. I didn't see any DB2 responses (for primary database). I did see plenty of Oracle and a few Postgres.

I will leave it up for another 2 1/2 weeks (for a total of 4 weeks). If you haven't taken it yet, please do so if you get a few minutes. It only takes 5-10 minutes as there is only 25 questions.

Also, if you have a blog, post on forums (without spamming), or have any other ways to spread the word, I would …

Come find out the vendors that won InfoWorld's 2008 Bossie awards. You'll find some OSS leaders and some surprise winners. READ MORE

Infoworld published the 2008 Bossies, Best Of Open Source Software. There are 8 categories and none of them are database:

• Collaboration
• Developer tools
• Enterprise applications
• Networking
• Platforms and middleware
• Productivity applications
• Security
• Storage

I had to look through several of them before I found the database category under Platforms and middleware. Slide 4 is the magic slide:

It says:

Database

While SQLite3 is extremely convenient for development and …