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CNET Overview on FOSS vs. PCSS

Sorry - no time to sum up today. :)

Besides the article overviews do a nice job anyway
http://news.com.com/2104-1001-975578.html

Tags: FOSS, Uncategorized

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Las Vegas: ApacheCon

I will be at ApacheCon 2002 giving a tutorial session titled: Advanced Development with Apache, MySQL and PHP. If you have registered for the tutorial, please drop me an email at zak@mysql.com before the event!

Tags: Apache, ApacheCon, MySQL, PHP, Uncategorized

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The DBMS Reference Guide Project

After some thought, I have decided to host the DBMS Reference Guide project on SourceForge (despite their recent move away from a FOSS DBMS to a proprietary DBMS )

The DBMS Reference Guide Project aims to create a series of reference materials for DBMS implementors, researchers, documenters and users. The materials will include a dictionary of [...]

An Animal's Place?

A very interesting article in the New York Times on the role of the domestic animal and animal rights

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The Center for Open Source in Government

An organization to promote the user of FOSS software within (US) government.

http://www.egovos.org/

Tags: FOSS, Open Source, Uncategorized

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Errr.. I should go do something useful now…

On a page that uses Google to measure 'Net Fame, Rasmus is listed as the ninth most famous Dane - more famous than:
- Lars Ulrich (Metallica's Drummer)
- Bjarne Stroustrup (Inventor of C++)
but still less famous than King Diamond - of course, King Diamond is the name of a band. A quick search [...]

ABBA

Georg and Kirsten saw a spot on Mamma Mia on the television and now Georg is playing some ABBA. The music takes me right back - I can still remember how excited my entire family was the day we went out to pick up the 'Arrival' album. :) 20 years later and I [...]

Hurray

Looks like we settled with NuSphere!

If you care, get the G-rated details here and here. :)

Tags: MySQL, Uncategorized

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The Art of Assembly Language Programming

After a good chat with Georg and Gavin over a few weinschorle, I have decided to learn assembler. Gavin has convinced me that it is an essential part of knowing what the @#$% you are doing. :)

After a bit of poking around with AllTheWeb.com, I ran across The Art of Assembly Language Programming - a [...]

PHP International Con Day 4

Last day of the conference - nothing too exciting :) Gave my talk, spent some time with some MySQL users, had another chat with Werner, chatted with Masoud (one of the conference organizers) for a bit.

The talk (on a small set of MySQL features) was not so great - Georg felt it went well - [...]

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