Posts tagged with: cloud-computing

Links of interest for 26 Sep 2009 - 14 Oct 2009: xkcd - Static - Hee hee hee Guest Account Bug in Snow Leopard Causes Data Loss - Ooops. Just as well I disabled this account a long time ago. MySQL ex-CEO tells EU to let Oracle buy Sun - Some very valid points here. Lets hope the EU listens and pulls finger. Their heel dragging is causing more harm than the acquisition would. Is cloud computing the Hotel California of tech? - Good point. I've not embraced "cloud computing" in this sense as I don't really need it, but... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 2 Sep 2009 - 24 Sep 2009: IBM Throws Out Microsoft Office - Welcome to the party IBM. Sun did this years ago. 99% of people don't use half the functionality in MS Office anyway. Linus calls Linux 'bloated and huge' - ... and it's suffered on average a 2% decrease in performance per release over the last 10 releases making a cumulative drop of 12%. How are the Linux advocates in the corporate world substantiating this drop in performance? Solaris customers certainly wouldn't accept it. Ellison: Sunacle is an IBM killer - `Ellison was adamant:... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 12 Oct 2008 - 14 Oct 2008: ZFS & MySQL/InnoDB Compression Update - Real world ZFS & MySQL compression testing from the guys at SmugMug. Success with OpenSolaris + ZFS + MySQL in production! - Woohooo!!!! Another happy OpenSolaris + ZFS customer. Nice one Don. NetApp faces Sun lawsuit loss - Looks like NetApp's patents are falling apart. BT's 21st Century network, er... isn't - I guess the UK will be last on the IPv6 bandwagon :-( Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder - I have my own reservations about "cloud computing", some of... Continue reading ►