I'm going to nerd out for a wee while. Also, Open Source folks may want to cover their ears for this, as a rant ensues. (That said, I'm trying to keep it as high-level and readable for all as possible)

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Hey, it seems I have a new t-shirt opportunity!

Dublin Firefox 3 launch party - it's great, I could get a t-shirt to match my firefox 2 launch party t-shirt. :P

(Yes, I'm a nerd, but I hope to be a social one)

Oh, and if you can do this before 6pm BST today, visit Firefox day, an attempt to enter the world records for the most number of ( Read more... )

You know, the world of open source is a cruel one. Sometimes I get ideas into my head thinking "ooh, this would be a cool idea" so I search for it and, serendipitously, I find something that would have been helpful to me before. So I look at it, and then find that no, it's only a pipe-dream, the name is out there but it is nothing but vaporware, ( Read more... )

I love Sun but, dear God, they can't do an IDE right to save their lives!

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Sun just bought mysql. I'm not going to say this is only suitable for techies because it has less to do with the technology, and more to do with the bloody politics of it all. And to be honest, I probably shouldn't be writing about the following, but nonetheless I have to say I'm worried.

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