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MySQL 5.5 News from Oracle OpenWorld

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Administrator

I received an interesting email about MySQL news from Oracle. It was badly formatted in my email client, so I have reformatted it below. Sender: “Oracle MySQL” Subject: News from MySQL Sunday at Oracle OpenWorld Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 … Continue reading →

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Defcon 18, Las Vegas

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Administrator

DEF CON 18 was held once again in Las Vegas at the Riviera Convention Center. There were a handful of talks on the subjects of DNS and IPv6. The hacker Jeopardy session was a lot of fun. I think the … Continue reading →

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O’Reilly Open Source Conference 2010, Portland

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Administrator

Once again, the O’Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) was held in Portland, Oregon. It was a good conference, and we had beautiful weather all week long. Executive Summary The themes promoted by the conference organizers were Cloud Computing, NoSQL, Emerging … Continue reading →

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MySQL Conference 2010

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Administrator

The MySQL Conference was this week in Santa Clara. It was a well-organized and educational event with everybody involved in the MySQL community showing up once again. Executive Summary The highlights were: after 2 years of effort, the performance schema … Continue reading →

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ApacheCon 2009 Oakland

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Administrator

I went to ApacheCon 2009 in Oakland. Why Oakland? The ASF was founded here 10 years ago. Executive Summary Most of the attendees that I talked to were primarily interested in search technologies, or were Apache project comitters. The search … Continue reading →

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