Comments on: links for 2007-03-15 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/comment-page-1/#comment-38499 sogrady Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:54:50 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/#comment-38499 Dave: that'll be the default way to read the news, i suspect. but it is interesting that unlike, say, WebSphere CE the commercial support is dropped. economics don't support it, i suppose. i'll be interested to see whether the level of resource applied to Derby is affected. rnc: on the porting point, agreed. just talk to the 64 bit folks that still can't run Flash. Paul: they actually emailed me the link, so i cheated a bit ;) David: yup, i thought the comments were somewhat misguided myself. some legitimate complaints/criticisms, of course, but also a lot of FUD. Dave: that’ll be the default way to read the news, i suspect. but it is interesting that unlike, say, WebSphere CE the commercial support is dropped. economics don’t support it, i suppose. i’ll be interested to see whether the level of resource applied to Derby is affected.

rnc: on the porting point, agreed. just talk to the 64 bit folks that still can’t run Flash.

Paul: they actually emailed me the link, so i cheated a bit ;)

David: yup, i thought the comments were somewhat misguided myself. some legitimate complaints/criticisms, of course, but also a lot of FUD.

]]> By: David Comay http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/comment-page-1/#comment-34122 David Comay Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:09:02 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/#comment-34122 I found the opinions of the the Novell architect to be...err...umm... inaccurate or wildly outdated :-) That's about the kindest thing I can say. I left a long comment on Michael Dolan's blog which I won't repeat here http://www.michaeldolan.com/649#comment-1633 In any case, I much prefer more thoughtful criticism or commentary such as your comments on RHX. I certainly agree that Solaris is behind our Linux and BSD brethren in this space but we've realized that and aim to remedy that. I know it's terribly native of me to wish for some cooperation or standardization in this area since solving it in a more uniform way benefits everybody - the distros, the ISVs and most of all, the customers. I found the opinions of the the Novell architect to be…err…umm… inaccurate or wildly outdated :-) That’s about the kindest thing I can say. I left a long comment on Michael Dolan’s blog which I won’t repeat here

http://www.michaeldolan.com/649#comment-1633

In any case, I much prefer more thoughtful criticism or commentary such as your comments on RHX. I certainly agree that Solaris is behind our Linux and BSD brethren in this space but we’ve realized that and aim to remedy that. I know it’s terribly native of me to wish for some cooperation or standardization in this area since solving it in a more uniform way benefits everybody – the distros, the ISVs and most of all, the customers.

]]> By: Paul Cooper http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/comment-page-1/#comment-33986 Paul Cooper Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:10:46 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/#comment-33986 Damn - can't believe you blogged the Mercian Labels blog before me (and I'm mentioned! - we helped them out with some training etc to get going). Damn – can’t believe you blogged the Mercian Labels blog before me (and I’m mentioned! – we helped them out with some training etc to get going).

]]> By: rnc http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/comment-page-1/#comment-33972 rnc Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:44:10 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/#comment-33972 Solaris/x86 has had significant issues with the boot loader used at startup and install. It is in the process of being replaced. That's always been a gripe. Once running, it's good stuff though. And Solaris supports the identical FSF tool chains as Linux, and that support dates from *before* Linux existed. As for porting, anytime you move across architectures bugs get uncovered. Same is true between SPARC and Alpha, x86, x86/64, MIPS, 680x0. Solaris/x86 has had significant issues with the boot loader used at startup and install. It is in the process of being replaced. That’s always been a gripe. Once running, it’s good stuff though. And Solaris supports the identical FSF tool chains as Linux, and that support dates from *before* Linux existed.

As for porting, anytime you move across architectures bugs get uncovered. Same is true between SPARC and Alpha, x86, x86/64, MIPS, 680×0.

]]> By: dave shields http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/comment-page-1/#comment-33916 dave shields Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:13:36 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/14/links-for-2007-03-15/#comment-33916 Though Cloudscape was never a huge business it was a widely-used component. It still is, but now in the form of open-source Derby. One can read this announcement as a roundabout way of saying that the Cloudscape spinoff to open-source Derby has been a great success, with the Apache Derby community providing on an ongoing basis both high-quality development AND support. Though Cloudscape was never a huge business it was a widely-used component. It still is, but now in the form of open-source Derby.

One can read this announcement as a roundabout way of saying that the Cloudscape spinoff to open-source Derby has been a great success, with the Apache Derby community providing on an ongoing basis both high-quality development AND support.

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