Conferences
A number of very cool conferences are coming up, 2 of which I'll be attending and speaking at. The 1st is SpringOne, which is kinda unique this year in which they have a SysAdmin/WebOps related track....
View ArticleSide project Telaen
In addition to the stuff I do for $WORK and the ASF, there are also some coding side-projects that I like spending some time (and my limited talents) on. One of these is a PHP-based webmail system...
View ArticleASF Voting System Rocks
The ASF uses an ssh-based voting tool, mostly developed by Roy, to handle the new member and new director voting process. New members are elected in using a simple yes/no/abstain whereas directors are...
View ArticleSo what's next...
Yes, the rumors are true. As anyone who follows me on twitter knows following my tweet, I will be leaving VMware. The experience has been incredible, and being with VMware was the end of a journey...
View ArticleApache HTTP Server 2.3.8-alpha
Today, I (as Release Manager for the project) released the latest, and what is expected to be the last, alpha version of the NextGen release of Apache httpd. This is pretty exciting news because for...
View ArticleLanguage diversity
If you look at the projects within the ASF, you'll notice right off the bat that the vast majority are Java. We do have a handful of other projects based on other languages but, for better or worse,...
View ArticleUpset, angry and totally disappointed
I feel the need, for many reasons, to post about what happened to Noirin. I doubt if I will be able to draft something as honest and "on the mark" as what Paul wrote, but I'll try. First of all, I,...
View ArticleThe JCP Is Dead
... and Oracle killed it. By this time, most people know that the ASF has resigned from the JCP EC. What was posted was our final version of the notice, but I'd also like to share with the community...
View ArticleThe Trouble with the JCP EC
Just a reminder: The below reflects my opinions and my point of view, personally, as myself. It is a shame that some parties have described the FOU TCK issue as a battle between Oracle and Apache. It...
View ArticleApache httpd 2.4 - one step closer!
Today we released the first public beta of the next-gen version of Apache httpd, version 2.4. This release is officially called Apache httpd-2.3.11-beta, since we use odd/even numbering (for the minor...
View ArticleI join OSI
Yesterday I learned that, along with Karl Fogel and Mike Godwin, I was elected to serve on the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). I consider this a great honor, joining the...
View ArticleThe silent drum-beat
There are some topics which are just too expansive for a simple tweet. This is one of them.Lately, there have been quite a few posts extolling the assumed decrease in the viability and "reason" for the...
View ArticleWhy Open Source Needs Non Profits
It's expected that pretty soon we all will hear about the next big "tech" IPO, which will create a mass of instant millionaires and billionaires. And these newly rich will have made their fortunes, at...
View ArticleThe Case for a Universal Web Server Load Value
The reverse proxy feature of Apache httpd is an area which I like to particularly hack on. It's always been, imo, one of the killer features of httpd, but it is especially useful in the Cloud. Being...
View ArticleMarley
Now that Christmas Day itself is over, but not the Season, I'm taking some time to reflect on the lessons detailed in Dickens'"A Christmas Carol." And upon reflection, I've decided that the most...
View ArticleThe Trouble with the JCP EC
Just a reminder: The below reflects my opinions and my point of view, personally, as myself. It is a shame that some parties have described the FOU TCK issue as a battle between Oracle and Apache. It...
View ArticleApache httpd 2.4 - one step closer!
Today we released the first public beta of the next-gen version of Apache httpd, version 2.4. This release is officially called Apache httpd-2.3.11-beta, since we use odd/even numbering (for the minor...
View ArticleI join OSI
Yesterday I learned that, along with Karl Fogel and Mike Godwin, I was elected to serve on the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). I consider this a great honor, joining the...
View ArticleThe silent drum-beat
There are some topics which are just too expansive for a simple tweet. This is one of them.Lately, there have been quite a few posts extolling the assumed decrease in the viability and "reason" for the...
View ArticleWhy Open Source Needs Non Profits
It's expected that pretty soon we all will hear about the next big "tech" IPO, which will create a mass of instant millionaires and billionaires. And these newly rich will have made their fortunes, at...
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