Friday, January 22, 2010

Setting up a high performance OpenVZ container - AnandTech (blog)

Setting up a high performance OpenVZ containerAnandTech (blog)In MySQL, every connection will get its own process, so make sure you allow for at least the the value you entered for max_connections in my.cnf, ...

From Azure to VMware: A Look Back at Infrastructure Trends From Q4 - GigaOm (blog)

From Azure to VMware: A Look Back at Infrastructure Trends From Q4GigaOm (blog)Oracle laid out a list of concessions that seemingly allayed European Commission concerns over the future of MySQL, which has been the primary obstacle in ...

Oracle-Sun Deal Observers Mull MySQL Fate - Datamation

USA TodayOracle-Sun Deal Observers Mull MySQL FateDatamationRoger Burkhart, CEO of Oracle competitor Ingres, has often been quoted as saying that MySQL is not a competitor to Oracle, but he has some concerns about ...Read all 'Neelie Kroes' posts in Politics and LawCNETOracle Sun Deal Observers On MySQL FateInformationWeekSpring daddy looks to Oracle's MySQL commitmentsRegisterFinancial Times -Daily Finance -ChannelWeball 786 news articles »

Thursday, January 21, 2010

European Commission Approves Oracle Acquisition of Sun - Java World

BBC NewsEuropean Commission Approves Oracle Acquisition of SunJava WorldAs a developer who generally prefers PostgreSQL over MySQL, this is not news to me, but it is interesting (and appropriate) that the European Commission ...One Oracle-Sun Foe: Not So FastChannelWebE.C. approves Oracle's buyout of Sun MicrosystemsMarketWatchOracle wins mySQL but opponents do not admit defeatZDNet (blog)San Francisco Chronicle (blog) -Wall Street Journal -TechNewsWorldall 714 news articles »

Product Spotlight: MySQL Workbench (TechRepublic)

The MySQL Workbench is an amazing single-point of contact for MySQL administrators, which can handle tasks both locally and remotely.

One Oracle-Sun Foe: Not So Fast (ChannelWeb)

A former MySQL executive remains concerned that Oracle will kill MySQL in order to squelch competition against its own database software.

EU clears Oracle + Sun: If MySQL fails, there\'s always PostgreSQL (BetaNews)

In green-lighting Oracle\'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems today, the European Commission says it considered whether in doing so, Oracle would effectively eliminate the \"competitive constraint\" of competition from the open source field by way of MySQL, the open source relational database that Sun acquired in 2008 . That acquisition gave Sun its first competitive database product; but ...