24 July 08 - 13:52Ironic Juxtaposition
Two articles within a day of each other on InternetNews.com ... Open Source Users Unhappy with Paid Support and Sun Takes a Shine to Linux in New Web Stack tickled the Symas fancy.. The title of the first is a bit hyperbolic as the article body doesn't actually say they are unhappy with paying for support ... some are unhappy with the support they're getting from the folks they are paying which is something of a different message. And Sun's program is as much about support of Apache, MySQL, and PhP on Solaris as it is on Linux but I guess the Linux part is news to someone ... of course MySQL is Sun, isn't it?
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22 July 08 - 06:27The King is Dead, Long Live the King
back-bdb, the original OpenLDAP database developed specifically for the (now Oracle) Berkeley Database (BDB) has been a work-horse for many years. It solved a lot of the problems inherent to the back-ldbm database design that OpenLDAP inherited from the original UMich code. Years ago, Howard Chu, Chief Architect of OpenLDAP (and CTO of Symas Corporation) designed back-hdb a different and better implementation of a database for OpenLDAP using BDB. Both have been supported through the years, and the question of dropping back-bdb came up from time to time. Since there was no compelling reason, no decision to drop back-bdb was made. But now a reason has appeared.
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01 July 08 - 04:47A Ham-Handed Slam ...
at our favorite targets: ignorance and sloth. Actually, this is a round of applause for an HP customer of Symas OpenLDAP. After some months of hemming and hawing, this customer has just updated their plans for benchmarking and while not perfect, it is comprehensive enough that they'll quickly learn on their own how to make it better. Benchmarks are learning experiences for all involved. We wish them the best going forward.
If only so many more would take that first step ...
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