According to this article, it only takes a few words from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to sink stocks…not Oracle stocks, but Novell. Mr. Ellison gave indications that Oracle will be re-distributing RedHat Linux, the world’s most popular Linux distribution. The idea is a forked RedHat, where the OS is RedHat
Month: July 2006
Tomorrow is SysAdmins Day (DBA Too)!
Yes, tomorrow is national SysAdmin day, which includes DBAs. SysAdmin day is the day for all end users to get together and thank their SysAdmins and DBAs for all their hard work, long hours, requests, emails, and God knows what else. For all you who fit into this category, congratulations
Oracle OpenWorld 2006 in San Francisco
It looks like we’re all set for OpenWorld 2006! Burleson Oracle Consulting and Training, has FOUR Oracle gurus invited to OpenWorld as speakers. Don Burleson Oracle Brain Cramps? How simple mistakes can cripple your database Steve Karam Putting the Express Back Into Oracle Application Express with AJAX Mike Ault Welcome
Today is my 26th Birthday
I’m sure it’s in bad taste to wish happy birthday to yourself in your own blog, but hey, it’s my blog, right? Today, I am 26…it’s insane how time flies. I remember when I was 20 in a Sr. DBA position, I bought the domain youngestdbaintheworld.com just for fun. I
Object-Oriented Oracle with Substitutable Types
Have you ever been forced to create many tables to handle a single functionality? Or make a table that’s horribly vague because there were so many different ways one row could come in? Let me give you an example. Let’s say you had to create a table that could support
The “Are We There Yet” Equation
A math professor has reportedly discovered an equation that will tell parents how long it will take for the kids to say “are we there yet?” The equation created by Dr. Dwight Barkley of the University of Warwick uses a multitude of factors to mathematically predict the exact moment. T
No SuperSonics 10g for Larry Ellison
Looks like buying a sports team isn’t as easy as buying a yacht. According to this article, Larry put down a $425 million bid for the Seattle SuperSonics with the hopes of bringing the team to San Jose. Unfortunately for him, the owners chose a group of Oklahoma investors at
Mac vs. PC Wars – PCs Strike Back
I’m a Mac user, and I have to say I love my Mac. Not because I think it’s horribly superior to a PC or any of that; I just got tired of the Windows interface, and I love the slickness of OSX. It’s nice having a BSD backend to my
Microsoft develops new philosophies
PCMag has an article today on Microsoft’s new philosophies that take effect from Windows Vista and beyond. Please note, these philosophies are NOT retroactive! Primarily, it appears Microsoft has finally learned what Apple and Linux have been showing for years: people want flexibility and don’t want to be bullied. The
A YouTube Lawsuit! Gee, didn’t see that one coming.
YouTube.com, a magical place where anyone can upload and tag any movie they want with no screening process. Read that sentence again if you don’t see where some people in the public may have a problem with this. According to an article on ZDNet, a journalist and helicopter pilot are