Oracle Scores Open-Source InnoDB Storage Engine
Oracle on Friday purchased InnoDB, the Finnish open-source database company whose add-on table storage engine for MySQL rivals MySQL’s own MyISAM in popularity.InnoDB Oy Inc.’s database engine isn’t stand-alone. It is distributed as part of the MySQL database. Moreover, InnoDB’s contractual relationship with MySQL is up for renewal next year.
Yahoo! Whitepaper on RSS
Interesting whitepaper from Yahoo! on RSS. Do the low numbers represent a market opportunity? or maybe RSS doesn’t really matter to most folks? Yahoo! sees RSS as a market on the rise.
Is There Really A Web 2.0?
The whole Web 2.0 bit is really beginning to grate on my nerves. Rick Segal has a bit to say about getting swept up in the hpye. Give it a read.
The Post Money Value: Web 2.0 & New World Order?
1. Ignore browser vs. app debates, they are for tech people with too much time on their hands.2. Focus on solutions. You have a problem and there are options to solve your problem. Solve the problem and the features that solved it are what you want/need. It’s a nice closed loop that gets you satisfied.
These 2 points are mentioned at the end of the piece, but they are really the take away here. The key to any app or solution is that it scratch an itch. Otherwise it’s just an answer looking for a question and there are plenty of those laying around. And it doesn’t really matter where the scratch comes from, just that it be easy enough to apply to sooth the itch without creating another one.
Creative Commons Launches Fund Raising Campaign
Great cause, tax deductible, some neat give-aways.
Lawrence Lessig
Today, Creative Commons launches a fund raising campaign. The trigger is some bizarrely complicated requirement of the IRS that nonprofits demonstrate not just support from some large, wise, foundations, but also “public support.”
2005 Biggest Year Ever for Web Sites
Netcraft: October 2005 Web Server Survey
In the October 2005 survey we received responses from 74,409,971 sites, an increase of 2.68 million sites from the September survey. The large gain makes 2005 the strongest year ever for Internet growth, as the web has added 17.5 million sites, easily surpassing the previous annual mark of 16 million during the height of the dot-com boom in 2000.
Where is Java in Web 2.0?
Good article about how Java does or doesn’t fit into the brave new Web 2.0 world.
Case Western Law Launches Saddam Hussein Trial Blog
The feed is here. I hope that this gets updated regularly once the trial begins or as matters warrant. From US Law Schools News Brief.
Case Western Reserve University
The trial of Saddam Hussein, scheduled to begin October 19, is expected to be among the most important trials in legal history. To help journalists, academics, and the public keep abreast of and understand developments related to the trial, the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law has launched the Saddam Hussein trial blog and interactive website at: http://www.law.case.edu/saddamtrial.
U of Chicago Faculty Blog
Picked this up from BoleyBlogs. It is powered by Typepad, but one does wonder why they ar enot running their own software. And what about podcasting? Classcaster anyone?
The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog: Welcome
The University of Chicago School of Law has always been a place about ideas. We love talking about them, writing about them, and refining them through open, often lively conversation. This blog is just a natural extension of that tradition. Our hope is to use the blog as a forum in which to exchange nascent ideas with each other and also a wider audience, and to hear feedback about which ideas are compelling and which could use some re-tooling.
Duke Podcasting Symposium
Online at the Duke podcasting symposium. I’ve got a hardwired connection, wireless is available but I prefer all the bandwidth I can find. Here are a few links to get things started:
Intros are starting…
Lectures, Podcasts and iTunes
Brief article with a number of links to various podcasting efforts that include the use of iTunes.