Tron Legacy Trailer
Tron Legacy is coming. I'm almost in disbelief. And its got Jeff Bridges! Too awesome.
OpenDS 2.0 Released
OpenDS 2.0, Sun's Open Source LDAPv3 Directory Server, has hit the proverbial shelves. Announcement, Release Notes, and Documentation are available. As always, OpenDS is the easiest directory server to install ever, with a JNLP Web-Start install application that gets you going quickly and effortlessly. But my favorite feature since 1.0 is the inclusion of a very intuitive and powerful GUI Control Panel which can handle everything from ...
Has the DTrace Love Affair Lost its Flame?
I've noticed this year an interesting trend. Very rarely does someone outright declare their love for Solaris, rather, they tend to really love some technology. More and more that technology is ZFS, rather than DTrace. The question then is, has your love for DTrace faded? Is ZFS superior? Or is it simply that ZFS fills a more practical every-day need and therefore more visible? Opinions?
Community Leadership Summit Report
Held in San Jose, prior to OSCON, the Community Leadership Summit, a 2 day unconferance kicked off today. Sadly I'm unable to return tomorrow. The summit was more productive than I expected. It was a sizable audience, with 135 people registered and about that in attendance. With 8 sessions going each time slot it evened out nicely, with enough people participating in each discussion, but not so many as to discourage participation. It ...
10 Years of Wedded Bliss and Awesomeness
10 years ago today. Then... Now... Jesus reiterated the commandment and joy of marrage in the Gospels, saying (Mark 10:6 ESV): "6 But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ 7 ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, 8 and they shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man ...
Shareholders Approve Oracle Acquisition
As I previously reported, a special shareholders meeting was held this morning on the Santa Clara campus and I was front row for the action... or lack there of. As expected, it was merely a formality. The meeting was no more than 10 minutes long and Jonathan Schwartz called in sick (literally). The meeting was officiated by Sun's legal council. It was called to order, minutes read regarding the sending of proxy materials, then paper ...
The Last Protest: Special Shareholders Meeting This Thursday
Yes! You too can behold the end of Sun Microsystems! On Thursday, July 16th, at 10AM a special shareholders meeting will take place at the Santa Clara campus. If you are a shareholder, come and wear black, as our beloved company officially ceases to exist. All kidding aside, the meeting is a formality as everyone should have already voted via proxy (I did a couple weeks ago), but this is the moment in which the fate is set in stone. ...
Kernel Conference Australia Kicks Off Today
Kernel Conference Australia starts today. A 3 day event that should be amazing. Sun, thankfully, realizes all of us can't go, so there is a live stream so you can enjoy it from the comfort of your native country. Things start today at 4PM Pacific time. Highlights on the agenda include: "Deduplication in ZFS" by Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore "Nehalem and OpenSolaris: more than the sum of their parts" by Max Alt "Diagnosing Intere...
Windows Could Be Kool Again?
It's wierd... I know. I'm the last person to defend Microsoft, or anything other than Solaris for that matter, but its true. Windows 7 is pretty non-sucky! Windows 7 is, frankly, the first OS from Microsoft since Windows 98 that is interesting. I admit that I love the Aero look that came with Vista, but it was a pig. Vista in general was a pig. But Vista also had some high points, such as an iSCSI Initiator by default and PowerShell, ...
“Is Oracle getting ready to kill OpenSolaris?” FUD
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is at it again. The publishing game isn't really about how good your writting is, just how many people read it. If you look at Steven's articles you'll notice they all have that ridiculous tabloid "the sky is falling!" flare to them. It gets readers, nothing more. And if you've come across todays FUD which just got posted to Slashdot, Is Oracle getting ready to kill OpenSolaris?, I just want to help reassure ...