I’ve been seriously swamped in these last few weeks. Relocating (from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur) has been interesting. Not to mention that all the work that’s still around…

I should mention that I am now Sun, having signed all paperwork a few weeks back. It just dawned on me when I picked up my ID card today from the Sun KL offices. No email address yet, but our @mysql.com addresses will continue to work (they’re on my business cards).

Which brings me to the fact that I am also sporting new business cards (no direct-line number, yet - still waiting on its creation), and they have an interesting logo on the back!

MySQL/Sun logo At the conference, if folk are still giving out “older” MySQL cards, keep them - they’re collector’s items now. Me? I’ll be bringing my new ones ;)

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Sun engineers blog on the new multi-chip UltraSPARC T2 Plus systems

Today Sun is announcing new CMT-based systems, hard on the heels of the UltraSPARC T2 systems launched in October 2007 (the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 systems). Whereas previous Sun CMT systems were based around a single-socket UltraSPARC T1 or T2 processor, the new systems incorporate two processors, doubling the number of cores and the number of hardware threads compared to UltraSPARC T2-based systems. Each UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip includes 8 hardware strands in each of 8 cores, so the Operating System sees a total of 128 CPUs. The new systems deliver an unprecedented amount of CPU capacity in a package this size, as evidenced by the very …

Sun engineers blog on the new multi-chip UltraSPARC T2 Plus systems

Today Sun is announcing new CMT-based systems, hard on the heels of the UltraSPARC T2 systems launched in October 2007 (the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 systems). Whereas previous Sun CMT systems were based around a single-socket UltraSPARC T1 or T2 processor, the new systems incorporate two processors, doubling the number of cores and the number of hardware threads compared to UltraSPARC T2-based systems. Each UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip includes 8 hardware strands in each of 8 cores, so the Operating System sees a total of 128 CPUs. The new systems deliver an unprecedented amount of CPU capacity in a package this size, as evidenced by the very …

Sun engineers blog on the new multi-chip UltraSPARC T2 Plus systems

Today Sun is announcing new CMT-based systems, hard on the heels of the UltraSPARC T2 systems launched in October 2007 (the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 systems). Whereas previous Sun CMT systems were based around a single-socket UltraSPARC T1 or T2 processor, the new systems incorporate two processors, doubling the number of cores and the number of hardware threads compared to UltraSPARC T2-based systems. Each UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip includes 8 hardware strands in each of 8 cores, so the Operating System sees a total of 128 CPUs. The new systems deliver an unprecedented amount of CPU capacity in a package this size, as evidenced by the very …

Licensing tends to be a common question, when it comes to giving a talk on MySQL. More recently, some have asked me if MySQL will be relicensed under the CDDL? Some ask why we’re GPLv2 and not GPLv3 yet? And some, genuinely want to know the merits of writing for BSD-based software (PostgreSQL) or GPL-based software (MySQL).

While I am not a soothsayer, I am pretty sure we will not be relicensing MySQL under the CDDL (might make for a good April 1 joke though?). What seems like a logical progression is to probably go GPLv3, from our current GPLv2 stance.

And Sun supports the GPLv3 just as it does many other licenses. Take for example, the recently released Open Service Tag. Its released under a GPLv3 license. Contributing to it, …

I recently was interviewed by Packt Publishing for their Impackt '08 web pages:

Ever since the formal adoption of the term in 1998, Open Source has experienced growth and adoption rates that defy pressures and suggestions that it’s a viable option for enthusiasts and geeks only. Governments, corporations as well as small businesses have begun to choose Open Source over proprietary software. However, with the global economy facing an uncertain future, how will open source be impacted? Can it continue to grow despite this?

With these questions in mind and more, Packt approached some people at the heart of this movement to understand their take on the future of open source.

The …

A gentle reminder: next week, there will be two more stops of the MySQL Meetup Mashup Tour:

• Monday, April 7th, 19:00: Hamburg, Germany. We will meet in the meeting rooms of the local Sun Microsystems offices ( Nagelsweg 55, 22097 Hamburg). There will be two technical sessions: Giuseppe will talk about the MySQL Sandbox, Kay Koll will give a presentation about how to combine MySQL with OpenOffice.org. He will also describe the new report generator and give an overview over the future of OpenOffice. You can register for this event via meetup.com or …

Read more about the April Fool pranks played at Sun over past years.

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MySQL Conference & Expo attendees will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for cool prizes by having an expo hall passport brochure stamped at each participating sponsor and exhibitor booth.
Once attendees have obtained all “stamps” they will be entered into the drawing and eligible to win one of several prizes.

And the …

Friday, 28/03/2008, is when the Sun-NUS Open Source Day occurs, from noon-6pm. If you’re in Singapore, I can highly recommend you attending. Pre-register now, if you’d like.

Come see me, talk about how you can contribute to MySQL. Especially in a time when students in Singapore will find it useful, to learn, seeing that the Summer of Code applications are in its last lap.

Its at the National University of Singapore. I understand that there might be a DTrace User Group meeting sometime in the evening (i.e. post-6pm). I’ll definitely be at that, or other events if necessary.

I’m reachable at +6-012-204-3201, preferring to get an SMS instead of a call (roaming costs a bit).

See you Friday afternoon!

The agenda (which I can’t seem to find easily online, is pasted here for posterity):
12:00pm …