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OStatic Buffer Overflow...

?T-Mobile's next-generation Android phone, myTouch, coming up July 8th. The 3G phone is a big step for Android.

Why Ubuntu has become the flag bearer for Linux. It's not just because of Canonical's investment.

PostgreSQL version 8.4 is now out and available for download. Improvements to the open source database focus on administration and monitoring.

10 awesome features of Krunner in KDE 4. Here's a screenshot-driven tour.

Amarok music player 2.1: One step forward, two steps back. There are several improvements, but also several issues.

With clouds, license arguments become fog. Does it matter if you are using a license out there??



Steve Ballmer Says He Doesn't Grok Oracle/Sun, and IBM Reveals its Database Response

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says he doesn't get the point of Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. After expressing surprise and saying he doesn't understand the deal on Monday, he's now more specific: I have no idea why a software company would buy a hardware company, Reuters reports him saying while speaking to the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. We don't want to buy any hardware companies.

Isn't it a bit reductionist to call Sun a hardware company? Sun has a huge portfolio of compelling software, not the least of which is MySQL. On that front, IBM is also revealing how it will counter Oracle and MySQL in the database wars.



EnterpriseDB and Sun Reaping Benefits from Open Source Databases

There were new metrics out this week for both EnterpriseDB's PostgreSQL-centric database business, and Sun Microsystems' MySQL business. These players are at the forefront of challenging pricing for databases and surrounding services from competitors such as Oracle, and both are having strong success with strategies focused on open source databases. In Sun's case, some of the folks who questioned whether $1 billion was too much to pay for MySQL should take a second look.


NTT and EnterpriseDB Hook Up to Extend PostgreSQL

In major news on the database front, EnterpriseDB has announced a new strategic partnership with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), the largest telecommunications provider in Japan. Under the partnership, NTT and EnterpriseDB will collaborate on enhancing and extending open source database PostgreSQL, and to drive enterprises to adopt PostgreSQL. The partnership includes an equity investment from NTT in EnterpriseDB.


EnterpriseDB's Survey Results: Interesting, But I Have to Wonder....

Today at the OSCON conference in Oregon, open source database company EnterpriseDB announced the results of its 2008 Open Source Database Survey. It collected the opinions of 500 corporate IT leaders on enterprise adoption of open source databases. There is an executive summary of the findings available as a free PDF download.ﾠ EnterpriseDB focuses as a company on PostgreSQL, so it is calling out many of the findings from the survey related to that product, but there are other points of interest. In a few cases, I had to question the results. For example, only nine percent of respondents said they prefer commercial databases to open source ones.


Visualizing Open Source Application Evolution

If you've ever sat back and tried to visualize how all the global commitments to various open source projects look--a picture of sharing done on the grand scale--a U.C. Davis web site is now serving these views up in video format. I've been studying software projects for a while now, says the site author, who is identified on Slashdot as a U.C. Davis student. Not the programming, but the people -- the way they interact with each other through collaboration and communication. The videos are quite eye-catching and informative. Here's more.