Jon ‘Maddog’ Hall Speaks: LInux Trademark Note for Sun
Jon 'Maddog' Hall is a long time hero of the free software movement and its rare to see his preso's on video, and I'm glad to see one up: Jon 'Maddog' Hall interview and speech at Linux.com. There is something very important in the beginning of the second video that I want to point out to all our branding and trademark friends at Sun... "My lawyers tell me that I have to keep reminding people that Linux is a trademark of Linux ...
Blogs, Micro-Blogs, Privacy and Paranoia
Does anyone else worry about the convergence of blogging, micro-blogging (Twitter, Facebook, Zannel, et al), and the classic privacy concerns? I recently took a trip to LA, the kids first trip to DIsneyland, and I didn't talk about it in any way. Why? Because I'm afraid someone will find my home address, see a blog entry about some great thing I bought, and then see a "Just arrived in LA!" Tweet and then break into my home to get it. Is ...
OGB: Defining the Future of OpenSolaris
I've been asked to provide some insight in this blog regarding the activities of the OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB), and so I'm delivering. I debate is raging on the OGB-Discuss list regarding the nature of our community, its future, and the applicability of our current Constitution. From the outside it might seem a bit unruly, and to some extent it is, but let me help sum up the nature of this debate and its importance. As I've ...
What is Open?
With my OGB seat came a re-newed effort on my part to really look long and hard at where we're at (OpenSolaris) and where we need to go. There are a lot of problems that need fixing, most of them frankly are social, not technical. A common sentiment has been that OpenSolaris is "open, but not really open". I've expressed this view myself... but what does it mean? OpenSolaris, by which I actually mean Nevada, is in fact "Open ...
Up.Time Software: The Ultmate Monitoring Solution
A couple things here and there have kept me from continuing my series of posts regarding systems management solutions. One of the monitoring solutions I've planned to write about it Up.Time. While I haven't had the time to write it, I was thrill to check my favorite site, SunHelp.org, and see that Super Admin Bill Bradford wrote an excellent review himself: Software Review: up.time 4 Enterprise Monitoring. In my professional opinion, ...
January SVOSUG
Last night Dr. James Hughes, Solaris CTO, spoke about Indiana. The meeting was less than elegant. Some interesting bits of information come about toward the end, especially concerning contribution to ON, to which his method seem to be to train external contributors over time to Sun's development method. I also asked a terse open ended question, given that he's a CTO, "What is the future of Solaris?". Judge for yourself:
A New Representative of the People on the OGB
On Monday I took "office" as a member of the OpenSolaris (Community) Governing Board, filling the vacancy of Mr James Carlson. I'm proud to be given this position, which I shall fill for the remainder of the current term which ends Apr 1, 2008. It is a great honor to serve the community in this unique and privilege way. While many of you have found OpenSolaris politics off-putting, discouraging, or simply pointless, I assure you that ...
Sun Aquires MySQL AB
I'm getting requests to comment on this and, for the time being, I'm going to limit myself. I'll say that its happened, Sun stock rose almost US$1/share prior to the market open and held onto the gain pretty well all day. Personally I think this is a mistake for Sun and MySQL both and as a shareholder I'm very upset at Sun's continued lack of focus or commitment. That said, I need to spend time looking at the details of the deal to see if ...
Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?
Holy crap this is hilarious... I found this in James McPherson's blog, who points to an online version: Read it now. Ya, its Microsoft, but its still really funny. Honestly, I wish there was a book like this for explaining what programmers and sysadmins do... maybe LOPSA should commission something like that.
Burnout, Stress, and GTD
With the new year comes new hope. While Dec 31st and January 1st are really no different, something changes in the mind... the past and the future, clearly delineated in a unique way. I've struggled with what I can only call "burnout" for some time now. More simply put, its that unceasing need to "take a holiday", but, even with some time off here and there the need is unceasing. Work, of any kind, whether completing a company ...