http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/taxonomy/term/956/0 en http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/node/696 <p>So it seems MySQL got on the radar of the monopolist, but the quotes that came from that event are more <a href="http://mysqlha.blogspot.com/2008/07/only-4-dbms-vendors-matter-according-to.html" rel="nofollow">interesting </a>.</p> <p>Over at Oscon2008 <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/07/oscon-day-3-reflections-on-osc.html" rel="nofollow">Oscon</a> people started realizing that the old monopolist definitely isn't the one to be afraid of.. there's new ones out there.. </p> <p>I already got quoted in a local magazine on the fact that new startups are more looking to Google than to redmond, but it also seems that Apple is the new kid in town to envy. </p> <p>However, when looking at the Linux desktop I think we shouldn't be trying to imitate anybody .. we should be trying to head the pack, just as we have already done with Vitualization and other technologies.</p> http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/node/696#comments apple google mysql ols2008 opensource oscon Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:45:48 +0000 Kris Buytaert 696 at http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/node/691 <p>I'm not sure if this is going to be my yearly .. I wish I was .... post ..</p> <p>It could be I wish I was at OSCON, but then I'm already at OLS</p> <p>Last month it could have been I wish I was at Velocity while I was at Usenix but I wasn't at either of them.</p> <p>But it seems like we are running out of days this year as this is allready the 2nd time that 2 major and interresting conferences with overlapping audiences collide.. strange ..</p> http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/node/691#comments ols ols2008 opensource oscon Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:39:51 +0000 Kris Buytaert 691 at http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog