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Links of interest for 26 Jul 2010 - 6 Aug 2010: Using Oracle® Solaris 10 to Overcome Security Challenges - A great whitepaper that briefly explains and demonstrates a lot of the great security features Solaris has. This isn't a HOWTO, but more of a "look what we can do document". Well worth a read, even if you are a seasoned Solaris expert - you may just find a "I didn't know that" moment. Official Google Blog: Update on Google Wave - Good-bye Wave. I used you once to see what the fuss was all about and then promptly forgot... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 6 Jul 2010 - 23 Jul 2010: Oracle Solaris Support on HP Proliant and BladeServers - c0t0d0s0.org - I think Oracle may have seen the light and realised there's actually good money in offering Solaris support on 3rd party hardware. Time will tell if this is extended to other vendors. /dev/dump: Please Be Patient - Be patient folks. Looks like we'll be hearing a bit more from Oracle re OpenSolaris in early August. WordPress And Thesis Go To Battle. Mullenweg May Sue. - The outcome of this will be interesting and certainly tests the interpretation of... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 20 May 2010 - 30 Jun 2010: Sun’s Lost Intel-Chip Killer - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - So that's why Sun bought Montalvo. Somehow I don't think Sun would have been able to make the return on these had they come to market, but nice to know Sun's untold ambitions are coming to light. LCA: How to destroy your community [LWN.net] - Oh how true. Why the Digital Economy Act simply won't work - I think Cory Doctorow sums it up beautifully at the end... "Once you swallow a spider to catch a fly, you're on... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 22 Apr 2010 - 19 May 2010: Chrome Incognito Tracks Visited Sites - Lewis showed me this yesterday morning before posting this blog post. Guess incognito mode isn't as forgetful as you thought. Funny Photoshop Crash Reports - It's amazing what people write in these crash reports. Oracle on ZFS Whitepaper - Quite a useful whitepaper on running Oracle on ZFS. Warning, it's a PDF. Special Report: Can That Guy in Ironman 2 Whip IBM in Real Life? - Some great hard hitting quotes from Larry Ellison explaining exactly why Sun became such an easy takeover... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 9 Mar 2010 - 21 Apr 2010: C language inventor spurns Google's language exam - Hey, maybe Google has a point, maybe Ken's gone crazy and forgotten everything, but highly unlikely. Apache Foundation Hit by Targeted XSS Attack - Wow!! What a detailed account of what happened. It's quite refreshing to see such an open account of a system hack. Nobody Killed OpenSolaris — Stop the FUD! - Nice to see someone outside of Sun/Oracle is actually seeing sense. Multicore requires OS rework, Windows architect advises - Errmm, I must be missing something here: doesn't Solaris... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 27 Jan 2010 - 14 Feb 2010: eWEEK's Top 25 Technologies Of The Decade - Including Solaris 10 - "During the latter half of '00s, Sun Microsystems' Solaris 10 sat at the leading edge of operating system technologies, with unique capabilities that include Containers virtualisation, Dtrace system instrumentation and the ZFS file system. Solaris 10 also helped put a stamp of inevitability on the x86-64 architecture and on the open-source-as-a-platform licensing strategy." UK Govt Say "No Evidence" IE is Less Secure - Or more precisely, "There is no evidence that moving from the latest fully patched... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 6 Jan 2010 - 26 Jan 2010: Internal Memo: Sun CEO Jon Schwartz to Staff - I didn't noticed this (I got the original), but these guys did: a little hidden message in Jon's memo. Note how it doesn't apply to the whole memo. Seems consistent with his efforts as a CEO: He started off well and then couldn't be bothered to finish what he started. EUROPA - Press Releases - Mergers: Commission clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems - And the official press release. Oracle wins unconditional EU approval for Sun buy - It's... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 5 Nov 2009 - 2 Dec 2009: J is for JVM: Why the ‘J’ in JRuby? | Engine Yard Blog - A good explanation on why the guys behind jRuby like the J, aka Java Virtual Machine, part of JRuby. Interesting performance figures too when compared to the standard Ruby, especially considering people complain Java is slow. Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe - I very much doubt this is going to have any effect on the EU regulators. They'll just perform the usual Gallic shrug and ignore the letter. DTrace Cheatsheet : Brendan... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 17 Oct 2009 - 2 Nov 2009: ZFS Deduplication : Jeff Bonwick's Blog - Deduplication has just made its way into ZFS and Jeff provides a great explanation on what dedup it and why you need it, along with details on how to use it with ZFS. ZFS for MacOS X - One door closes, and thanks to Open Source, another opens. Apple cans ZFS project - It doesn't say much, but it speaks volumes. Monty, Stallman, MySQL, Oracle, and Sun: Open Letter Wars - Finally. Someone taking a subjective and clear headed view of the... Continue reading ►

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 ►