postgresql
Sun to Begin Close Sourcing MySQL - time for alternatives like firebird
“From the MySQL User’s Conference, Sun has announced, and former CEO Marten Mickos has confirmed, that Sun will be close sourcing sections of the MySQL code base.”
Read the rest of the article on slashdot
There are many posts about firebird too
Also another interesting blog about this community split
IBM Invests In Open Source EnterpriseDB
Intelligent Enterprise: Four weeks after Sun Microsystems locked up
the open source MySQL database system, IBM has decided to become one of
four investors in EnterpriseDB.
Firebird vs Postgresql
We have similar databases running on MySql, Postgresql and Firebird. One of the reasons for moving away from MySql was that the UTF8 support didn’t work properly.
Read the rest of the article here http://nikolajlindberg.blogspot.com/2008/03/firebird-vs-postgresql.html
How To Display Which Processes Are Using What Ports
This is just a quick entry on how to see which software is using which ports. This comes in handy when trying to install an application server, web server, etc, and are getting errors like "port is in use".
Basically in any Unix type derivative such as Linux such (Ubuntu, RedHat, SuSe, etc.), as well as Mac OS X, all that you need to type this at the command line:
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- lsof -i
I remember there being a couple of commands in Windows which you could do this with, but it's been so long since I've used Windows on a regular basis I honestly don't remember how to do it. I do know you can use TCPView to accomplish the same thing, however.
Revealing numbers from Alfresco regarding the enterprise stack
Alfresco Software released a press release on the results of a survey by them intended to help determine "how companies evaluate and deploy open source and proprietary software stacks in the enterprise". There is some very interesting numbers summarized in the press release that should be of interest to not only using those Alfresco products, but to almost anyone using enterprise software. Some of the more interesting numbers and statistics pulled from the study:
Me on Marc Fleury on Sun purchase of MySQL - replaceable lamp bricks
The last post was supposed to be this one, but I got distracted on how I found it
“Whether you’re using Postgres, SQLite, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, HSQLD, Firebird, Derby, or whatever, you’re benefiting from the popularity of MySQL. If you’re still using Progress, dBase, or Sybase, maybe not.
My point is that MySQL did for databases [...]
