We are close to a 100$ Oil barrel (100$ OPEC) : in a few day, every children on earth will be able to exchange a barrel of oil for a cheap computer... As we produce around 80 millions barrel each day, in 10 days, each children will have its own computer...
Sadly, the OLPC price is now closer to 200$ ! But wait, by december, we may have to pay 200$ for an oil barrel too, isn't it?
Time to use your legs more often !
jeudi, novembre 01, 2007
vendredi, septembre 21, 2007
Apache Directory Studio 1.0.1 is out !
Apache Directory announced the release of Apache Directory Studio 1.0.1, the latest version of its Directory and LDAP related tooling platform written in Java and based on Eclipse technologies.
This release fixes some issues in the LDAP Browser plugin and adds documentation for the Schema Editor plugin.
It fixes a few bugs, the main one is related to SSL connections, which were not anymore available.
Here is the change log :
http://directory.apache.org/studio/changelog.html
Thanks to the Studio team for its good job !
This release fixes some issues in the LDAP Browser plugin and adds documentation for the Schema Editor plugin.
It fixes a few bugs, the main one is related to SSL connections, which were not anymore available.
Here is the change log :
http://directory.apache.org/studio/changelog.html
Thanks to the Studio team for its good job !
mardi, septembre 11, 2007
LdapCon : Just great !
We have spent two days in Köln, Germany, attending the first Ldap Conference. This was a great conference ! We met a lot of people, including other server teams (OpenDS and OpenLdap peeps), and Isode guys. How lucky we were to be able to discuss with Kurt Zeilenga ! Not only a LDAP guru, but also a very cool dude !!
We discussed extensively with Howard Chu (Symas chief architect), and with Ludovic Poitou (who has great pictures on his blog, where you can see one very intense technical session ...). OpenDS vision is quite different than Apache's one, but at least, it is a coherent vision. I'm also sure that we can find some synergy with the OpenLdap team, as they also share this Open Community spirit (openDS is much more about only OSS, not Open Community).
Otherwise, it was also great to meet Stefan Zörner for the first time. He is one of us, but we never have been lucky enough to meet him. Just a very cool dude, too ! We were 7 apache committers, around 10% of the attendance, all of us with a sweet ADS T-shirt ! Easy for us to share our ideas and message with the 63 other guys, they knew we were from Apache :) Naomi Klein was plain right : The brand is everything...
We managed to get Apache Directory Server 1.5.1 and Apache Directory Studio 1.0.0 released just before the conference, and Apache Directory Server 1.0.2 has also been certified compliant by the Open Group for the second year.
Last, not least : the beer ... Excellent !
We discussed extensively with Howard Chu (Symas chief architect), and with Ludovic Poitou (who has great pictures on his blog, where you can see one very intense technical session ...). OpenDS vision is quite different than Apache's one, but at least, it is a coherent vision. I'm also sure that we can find some synergy with the OpenLdap team, as they also share this Open Community spirit (openDS is much more about only OSS, not Open Community).
Otherwise, it was also great to meet Stefan Zörner for the first time. He is one of us, but we never have been lucky enough to meet him. Just a very cool dude, too ! We were 7 apache committers, around 10% of the attendance, all of us with a sweet ADS T-shirt ! Easy for us to share our ideas and message with the 63 other guys, they knew we were from Apache :) Naomi Klein was plain right : The brand is everything...
We managed to get Apache Directory Server 1.5.1 and Apache Directory Studio 1.0.0 released just before the conference, and Apache Directory Server 1.0.2 has also been certified compliant by the Open Group for the second year.
Last, not least : the beer ... Excellent !
lundi, mai 07, 2007
ApacheCON EU is over
This was just a great ApacheCon ! And the weather was just perfect :)
Almost all of the ApacheDS team was present (Christine, Stefan Seelmann, Pierre-Arnaud aka pam, Alex and also Chris), and we have had very interesting discussions about the next release. A lot of work to be done ... But also a lot of great guys to deal with !
I also had time to attend some presentations, like Sally's one ("Breaking Through the Noise") with was really good, Peter Royal's presentation (http://people.apache.org/~proyal/MINA% 20AC%20EU%202007.pdf), one of the best presentation I ever saw, and of course the funny lightning talks, which I can't enjoyed as much as I wanted, due to an accident I had to deal with (google sponsored some beers during this event, and I couldn't resist to have one, so was my computer... Dell keybords don't like Heinekken *at all* ! At least, after having spent 3 hours dismantling, cleaning and reassembling it, it works again. Joy ! )
It was also a pleasure to meet all the Joost guys, Stephane Baillez, Sylvain Wallez, Jean-Baptiste Quenot, Sander, Leo, Erik, Pier (plus a few more guys, like Marteen, Torsten, Ludovic, ... they are so many !). Guys, Joost just rock !
A special thanks to Ugo who scooted us into the city, and to Yeliz and Qing who are interviewing many of us to try to understand the way we work (it's all about the community, guys :)
I don't know if I will attend to ApacheCon US this year, but I will certainly be in Amsterdam again next year !
PS: nous avons un nouveau président, et bien sûr quelques crétins n'ont pû s'empêcher de marquer leur déception en brulant des poubelles, cassant des vitrines et jetant des pavés sur les forces de l'ordre. Visiblement, le suffrage universel et la démocratie est encore une notion abstraite pour une couche assez limité de la population, aussi limité que leur capacité mentale... Traverser Paris la nuit en vélo avec ces odeurs de plastique brulé et de gaz lacrymogène n'a pas été très plaisant. La bêtise a ceci de plus que l'intelligence que cette dernière est forcément limité quand la connerie est sans limite ...
Almost all of the ApacheDS team was present (Christine, Stefan Seelmann, Pierre-Arnaud aka pam, Alex and also Chris), and we have had very interesting discussions about the next release. A lot of work to be done ... But also a lot of great guys to deal with !
I also had time to attend some presentations, like Sally's one ("Breaking Through the Noise") with was really good, Peter Royal's presentation (http://people.apache.org/~proyal/MINA% 20AC%20EU%202007.pdf), one of the best presentation I ever saw, and of course the funny lightning talks, which I can't enjoyed as much as I wanted, due to an accident I had to deal with (google sponsored some beers during this event, and I couldn't resist to have one, so was my computer... Dell keybords don't like Heinekken *at all* ! At least, after having spent 3 hours dismantling, cleaning and reassembling it, it works again. Joy ! )
It was also a pleasure to meet all the Joost guys, Stephane Baillez, Sylvain Wallez, Jean-Baptiste Quenot, Sander, Leo, Erik, Pier (plus a few more guys, like Marteen, Torsten, Ludovic, ... they are so many !). Guys, Joost just rock !
A special thanks to Ugo who scooted us into the city, and to Yeliz and Qing who are interviewing many of us to try to understand the way we work (it's all about the community, guys :)
I don't know if I will attend to ApacheCon US this year, but I will certainly be in Amsterdam again next year !
PS: nous avons un nouveau président, et bien sûr quelques crétins n'ont pû s'empêcher de marquer leur déception en brulant des poubelles, cassant des vitrines et jetant des pavés sur les forces de l'ordre. Visiblement, le suffrage universel et la démocratie est encore une notion abstraite pour une couche assez limité de la population, aussi limité que leur capacité mentale... Traverser Paris la nuit en vélo avec ces odeurs de plastique brulé et de gaz lacrymogène n'a pas été très plaisant. La bêtise a ceci de plus que l'intelligence que cette dernière est forcément limité quand la connerie est sans limite ...
samedi, février 03, 2007
New site for Apache DS
I'm Impressed ! The new Web Site for Apache Directory server is now up and running ! We were expecting it to be revamped for months, but none of us had time to do it. And suddenly, that's it : a new site, with a new logo, new L&F, etc.
The problem with Apache people is not that they are bad, or lazzy, it is just that they don't have enough hours in a day to do everything they have on their list... But when they decide to dedicate a few hours, and gather all their energy, working as a network, it's incredibly much faster than in any other company or organization. Because of the network.
Apache strength is the network. People are the nodes, information is exchanged through this great network, from Turkey to USA, from France to South Korea, from all over the planet, 24x24, 7x7.
I'm impressed every single day ! Oh, and by the way, Apache has reach 500 000 commits in SVN. I missed it, but it was very close :
The problem with Apache people is not that they are bad, or lazzy, it is just that they don't have enough hours in a day to do everything they have on their list... But when they decide to dedicate a few hours, and gather all their energy, working as a network, it's incredibly much faster than in any other company or organization. Because of the network.
Apache strength is the network. People are the nodes, information is exchanged through this great network, from Turkey to USA, from France to South Korea, from all over the planet, 24x24, 7x7.
I'm impressed every single day ! Oh, and by the way, Apache has reach 500 000 commits in SVN. I missed it, but it was very close :
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=499999 :)
dimanche, octobre 15, 2006
ApacheCon US
Well, Apachecon US is over. It was in Austin, Tx, and it was great !
We have had an incredible amount of good time, and also some bad headhakes, especially on saturday morning, after a very severe party with some Apache guys (Alex Karasulu, Ersin Er, Pierre Arnaud Marcelot, Lars Eilebrecht, and many other peeps I don't even remember the name ... I was too drunk :)
Ok. We not only drank a lot, we also met those OpenDS guys. They are working for Sun and are developping an open source Ldap server in java, too. So we invited them to our Bird Of a Feather session, and discussed with them about any possible collaboration. It was a great hour, and we finished up with, well, a drink ! Here is a picture of our both teams :
It was definitively a great week. Special thanks to Alex Karasulu, our former chairman of the apache DS server project we are working on, he was an excellent coach for us. It was the first time I met him in real life, and it was exactly what I expected it to be : just fun ! This guy is just incredible.
So is Ersin Er, whose presentations on triggers and Stored Procedures were just perfect. I couldn't believe he can successfully presented those complex addons on just 2 hours, and make it crystal clear, but he just simply did. This guy is gifted !
The last ADS team member present in Austin was Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot, - you should just call him PAM, which suit him perfectly, not only because it's short, but also because it fits well with Ldap, as PAM also stand for Pluggable Authenthication Modules :) - , who is working on LdapStudio, a dedicated Eclipse and RCP administration application for ADS. I just can't wait for this project to be injected as a sub-project to ADS, because it's a great piece of software !
Here is a picture of the ADS team we took in a fancy restaurant, above lake Travis (from left to right : pam, me, Ersin and Alex) :
Voilà, c'est fini, we are now back in France, where the temperature is much colder than in Austin. Monday will be a tough day, with a 7 hours jet lag to deal with.
Special thanks to Stéphane Bailliez who put a really cool link on his blog. He not only is a great guy, he was the one who helped me to understand what Apache Foundation was about, and what were the rules, written and not written. Call him a shepperd !
I will post something soon about his experience about using Ant+Ivy, because he just simply made it possible to have complex builds to simply work.
Thanks to all of you, guys !
We have had an incredible amount of good time, and also some bad headhakes, especially on saturday morning, after a very severe party with some Apache guys (Alex Karasulu, Ersin Er, Pierre Arnaud Marcelot, Lars Eilebrecht, and many other peeps I don't even remember the name ... I was too drunk :)
Ok. We not only drank a lot, we also met those OpenDS guys. They are working for Sun and are developping an open source Ldap server in java, too. So we invited them to our Bird Of a Feather session, and discussed with them about any possible collaboration. It was a great hour, and we finished up with, well, a drink ! Here is a picture of our both teams :
It was definitively a great week. Special thanks to Alex Karasulu, our former chairman of the apache DS server project we are working on, he was an excellent coach for us. It was the first time I met him in real life, and it was exactly what I expected it to be : just fun ! This guy is just incredible.
So is Ersin Er, whose presentations on triggers and Stored Procedures were just perfect. I couldn't believe he can successfully presented those complex addons on just 2 hours, and make it crystal clear, but he just simply did. This guy is gifted !
The last ADS team member present in Austin was Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot, - you should just call him PAM, which suit him perfectly, not only because it's short, but also because it fits well with Ldap, as PAM also stand for Pluggable Authenthication Modules :) - , who is working on LdapStudio, a dedicated Eclipse and RCP administration application for ADS. I just can't wait for this project to be injected as a sub-project to ADS, because it's a great piece of software !
Here is a picture of the ADS team we took in a fancy restaurant, above lake Travis (from left to right : pam, me, Ersin and Alex) :
Voilà, c'est fini, we are now back in France, where the temperature is much colder than in Austin. Monday will be a tough day, with a 7 hours jet lag to deal with.
Special thanks to Stéphane Bailliez who put a really cool link on his blog. He not only is a great guy, he was the one who helped me to understand what Apache Foundation was about, and what were the rules, written and not written. Call him a shepperd !
I will post something soon about his experience about using Ant+Ivy, because he just simply made it possible to have complex builds to simply work.
Thanks to all of you, guys !
samedi, mai 27, 2006
TheServerSide end is night !
Great news ! TheServerSide is having a competitor : http://www.infoq.com/. But can we say that infoQ is a competitor when TSS is only a advertisment platform and nothing more?
InfoQ is driven by Floyd Marinescu, who launched TSS 7 years ago.
InfoQ is driven by Floyd Marinescu, who launched TSS 7 years ago.
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