April 2, 2014
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Mea culpa! Sometimes, the experts agree, GOTO can be very useful. When I wrote a few weeks about Apple’s SSL GOTO security fiasco, I put the blame on GOTO. I quoted no less a seer than programming guru Edsger W. … Continue reading
March 28, 2014
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In a Facebook engineering blog, Steaphan Greene, a Facebook software engineer, announced the creation of a new MySQL branch: WebScaleSQL. This is a version of Oracle’s MySQL for gigantic database loads. WebScaleSQL: MySQL for Facebook-sized databases. More>
March 27, 2014
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Napa Valley, CA: At an exclusive gathering at the Linux Collaboration Summit, some of the crème de la crème of Linux developers talked about what’s going on with the Linux kernel today. Linux Kernel Panel: What’s what with Linux today. … Continue reading
March 26, 2014
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Napa Valley, CA: We all know Verizon uses open-source operating systems and software in its products and services. As I write this from the Linux Foundation‘s Linux Collaboration Summit, I have a Verizon-enabled, Android-powered Droid 4 smartphone in my pocket. But, Verizon … Continue reading
March 24, 2014
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If you’re a system administrator, what you really want is a stable operating system with long-term support, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). If you’re a system programmer, what you really want is the latest and greatest program. What … Continue reading
March 19, 2014
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It’s not too surprising that members of the Linux Foundation’s OpenDaylight Project believe that the networking industry thinks open source is the future for software-defined networking (SDN). After all, OpenDaylight is an industry consortium of technology powers, such as Brocade, … Continue reading