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  1. Audi & Patents by DJPenguin · · Score: 1 · on Become the Fifth Space Tourist

    ... As an audi owner and general geek I wasn't impressed at all with the fairly recent adverts proclaiming the sheer number of patents that were involved in designing my car. See here (not my blog).

    Seems like they are really going for this patent thing with this competition, too. I wouldn't be suprised if the winner had to write something about Audi's patents :)

  2. Re:What happened to Clustra? by rleyton · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Sun Eyes PostgreSQL
    I agree - I can't believe Sun are quite that stupid, but I've been wrong on that score before, and they do have a reputation for buying and burying things.

    If you'll excuse the shameless link, I've written up my thoughts in more detail here, and in the last /. post on the "SunDB" matter back in Feb, a bit of agreement was to be found on the Clustra theory. My disclaimer is, I suppose, that I've worked with and used Clustra, and live in hope Sun will see the sense of their purchase.

  3. Clustra anyone? by rleyton · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Sun Hints At Open-Source Database Offering
    Some three years ago, folk might recall Sun picked up a superb little database outfit by the name of Clustra. They buried it in iPlanet.

    Used it a lot myself, and felt that - like many other companies Sun have bought - the pointy haired bosses there just didn't realise what they'd acquired.

    Maybe a much-needed clue has finally hit home at Sun, and they're going to give Clustra the lease of life it sorely needs and deserves.

  4. Reef Teach by rleyton · · Score: 5, Informative · on A Solution for Coral Reefs in Peril
    A bit of a plug this, from somebody who knew next to nothing about Coral biospheres until very recently. If, like me, you find yourself visiting Cairns, and planning on a visit to the Great Barrier Reef, you'd do very well to pay a visit to Reef Teach the night before.

    Superb, extremely interesting and enjoyable overview of coral reef biodiversity, and very good at providing an overview of the threats faced by the reef, both manmade and natural. Cheap too, and free biscuits :-)

    As their blurb states, "through understanding comes appreciation". Snorkling around the reef was one of the best parts of my recent world trip - apart from the sunburn I picked up by being too quick into the water. It was a huge shame the tour boat didn't much of a job of advising people of the threat we pose to the environment when out on the reef. If you fancy yourself as a eco-friendly geek, like me, you certainly would do well to visit Reef Teach.

  5. What do Sun/Apple/Redhat/Novell do? by rleyton · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Running a Business on Open Source Software?
    I've puzzled and pondered this issue myself a few times, and even in the small company I work for, with just laptops to worry about, means it's really just fighting a Microsoft addiction I - as Linux/Mac user - worry about.

    But in this discussion, I'd think it'd be very informative to find out how Sun, Apple, Oracle and other publicly avowed Microsoft dislikers run their business? Surely they, more than anybody else, has a business strategy at all levels to use non-MS products for their business operations, preferably their own.

    Clearly, Apple, Sun and so on use MS in various parts of their organisation. They'd be unable to develop their products without MS systems, but across the organisation as a whole, what do they use for all of the problems you describe?

    I've heard stories of Sun types pulling out Windows laptops and getting tuts from the techies in the room, but that was a few years ago, prior to StarOffice...

    So, anybody know what these guys use?