It is conference time for me. I just came home from FOSDEM 2010 where we had a booth and I gave a talk. At the end of the month there will be a company meeting in Iceland for Monty Program, followed by Open Source Days 2010 where I will also be speaking. And then in… Continue reading Conference time!
Tag: freesoftware
Why I work on Free Software
I happened upon this old LinuxJournal article about how the University of Zululand in South Africa used MySQL and other Free Software to make do with a 128 kbit (and later 768 kbit) internet connection for their staff and students. This made me remember the trip I made to another African country, Burkina Faso, 15… Continue reading Why I work on Free Software
RunVM, a tool for automated scripting inside virtual machines
In the Autumn, I wrote about some experiments I did using KVM and virtual machines to build and test MariaDB binary packages on a number of different platforms. In the period since then I added some polish and refinements, and the system is now running well for some time. We build and test packages for… Continue reading RunVM, a tool for automated scripting inside virtual machines
Oracle speculations
The Planet MySQL has been abuzz with opinions for or against the acquisition of Sun (and in particular MySQL) by Oracle, but I do not have a strong opinion to chime in with in support of either groups. The reason is that I do not know anything about antitrust laws, which is the legal basis… Continue reading Oracle speculations
MariaDB Buildbot configuration file published
I have now published the Buildbot configuration file that we use for our continuous integration tests in our Buildbot setup. Every push into main and development branches of MariaDB is built and tested on a range of platforms to catch and fix any problems early (and we also test MySQL releases before merging to easily… Continue reading MariaDB Buildbot configuration file published
Fixing a MariaDB package bug
One of the things that I am really happy about in MariaDB is that we have our releases available as apt (and yum for Centos) repositories. This is largely thanks to being able to build this on the OurDelta package build infrastructure (which again builds on things like the Debian packaging scripts for MySQL). Something… Continue reading Fixing a MariaDB package bug
(Almost) one year of MariaDB
Most of this year I have been working on the MariaDB project. So it is interesting to look back and see what has been achieved. For those that do not know, MariaDB is a project to create a community-oriented branch of the MySQL code base. We want MariaDB to be developed for the community, by… Continue reading (Almost) one year of MariaDB
Lightning talks at Open Source Days 2008
I am giving two lightning talks at Open Source Days on October 3-4. One on improving database I/O performance using clustered indexes with MySQL/InnoDB, and one on advanced profiling with OProfile. Hope to meet up with a lot of people there!
Giv tid!
Vores røde ananas-æbler står utroligt flot her en sensommer-eftermiddag: Jeg holder meget at træer. En af grundene er, at træer tager tid. At plante et æbletræ er at planlægge mange år frem i tiden. Og ingen forventer, at et træ kan vokse op på få måneder eller år. Det giver en ro at arbejde med… Continue reading Giv tid!
25 years of Open Source
Today I realised that I have been programming for 25 years. Quite an anniversary! Of course, it does not really feel like that long, probably because a bit more than the first half of the time was really ‘just for fun’, as a kid’s hobby and later during University. I also realised that right from… Continue reading 25 years of Open Source