Scott Speaks
Gavin Clarke of El Reg has written a really nice piece based on an interview with Scott: McNealy to Ellison: How to duck death by open source: Ex-Sun boss talks code, community, and underpants Unlike so many other articles, this one is fair, balanced, and very respectful of Sun and its legacy. My favorite quote has to be this, referring to the tactics of Microsoft, Intel, and the like: "I feel good as a company we didn't engage in that. I ...
Computer. Science. Paradox?
I've always felt uneasy about the pairing of "computer" with "science". There are two reasons. First, "science" is conventionally realized as the observation of nature; since computers are man made the rules we may derive from observation and analysis may not be applicable when we build a better or different computer. The second is that "computer science" in industry rarely seems to exhibit any of the distinguishing marks of "science". ...
Devops: The Re-emergance of Systems Engineering as a Discipline
Lets take a little journey through a thought and see where it shall take us. Let us first consider "devops". It is a cultural movement which codifies various characteristics, including the zen like interweaving of development and operations, better integration of "IT" with the business objectives as a whole, infrastructure as code, agile (or lean depending on who you speak with) operations, etc, etc. Alright. As I've stated in the ...
In Case You Have Doubts…
I hesitate writing this entry, because no good can come of it. But I want you to grasp the new reality. This is mail that just came across the OpenSolaris Security list: On 11/03/10 20:07, Pete Chan wrote: > Hello. Does any one know if Oracle has any plans in incorporating SSH > HPN in the new release of Solaris? Oracle's plans for features in future releases of Solaris are unlikely to be communicated here. Please contact ...
Solaris 11 Express Arrives
Its here... Solaris 11 Express. Billed as snv_151a. You can download it immediately. Be careful when you do so, the version most people will want is the LiveCD, which is under the "Other Downloads" section. If you download the "Text Only" version you will not get a desktop environment. Maybe a subtle hint about the return of Solaris as a server centric OS. Lets get the bad news out of the way.... No source. If that's a deal ...
Oracle Solaris Summit: Today
LISA is happening this week in San Jose and today is the Solaris Summit. Its a free event, so if your in the Silicon Valley come by... if not, the rest of you can watch the live stream. I wouldn't expect much in the way of surprises in the event. If your reading this your already tapped into the OpenSolaris community and thus know whats coming.
Devops Demystified
I've been watching and silently participating in the industry trend known as "DevOps" for some time now. I've dragged my feet on writing about it for reasons that I won't go into now, but this blog post, which made it to slashdot, has pulled me out of my shell. Ted Dziuba picks a fight by saying: "This is the opposite of a trend of nonsense called DevOps, where system administrators start writing unit tests and other things to help the ...
Devops Days Silicon Valley: What You Missed
All the panels from the Silicon Valley DevOps Days are now online. A huge round of applause for InfoQ for putting this entire event online and making it available to the world. If you want a glimpse into the next 10 years of system administration as a career path, you need to get up to speed now so it doesn't take you by surprise in the coming years.
Time Management Tips from Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch, you may recall, became infamous because of his dying "Last Lecture". Just tonight I happened to come across a talk he did on Time Management, "because time is all we have." As he particularly pointed out, "you may have less of it than you think." Time management tips from a dying man, who better to speak on the subject? Whats shocking to me is that the talk is not philosophical, rather its 1 hour 16 minutes of non-stop ...
Silicon Valley OpenSolaris User Group Lives: Meeting Tonight!
Sorry for the late notice, but SVOSUG is meeting tonight. Myself and several folks from the Joyent crew will be onhand. 6:45pm 274 Castro Street, Suite 204 Mountain View above Meyer Appliance & Kitchens look for the OpenSolaris sign on the door Tonights guest will be Garrett D'Amore presenting Illumos and Anil Gulecha presenting Nexenta. The discussion will really be in essence about the rebirth of OpenSolaris in a ...