Posts Tagged ‘infrastructure’

Why Webscale Companies Need open Source

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana wasn’t talking about open source when he said that, of course, but it applies to the lessons of proprietary software just as well. Those who haven’t learned why open source is important are doomed to rely on proprietary solutions

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Why Webscale Companies Need open Source

A Bright Future for Drizzle

It seems like there’s been little but bad news and resignations coming from Oracle since it finally managed to close the deal on Sun. Finally, there’s good news in that Drizzle seems to have a bright future ahead.

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A Bright Future for Drizzle

Google’s Chinese Diplomacy: Can Google Make a Difference?

The company that promised not to be evil took a serious drubbing in 2006 when it decided to censor search results in order to comply with local laws in China.

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Google’s Chinese Diplomacy: Can Google Make a Difference?