Month: September 2001

How to get your PHP bug fixed!. Many PHP bugs never get fixed because it's too hard to duplicate the problem. For example, its been known since 1999 that file uploads of large files are slow but no one has really tracked the reason why. Look how Marcel van Leeuwen gets Andi Gutmans (one of… Continue reading How to get your PHP bug fixed!

TechWeb: Database Gorilla Hunter: Great Bridge brings hefty database power to open-source. “The 800-pound database gorilla Oracle will need to shed a few pounds in order to stay ahead of both proprietary and open-source rivals. One open-source offering, Great Bridge PostgreSQL, shows much promise in being able to hold and leverage a company's greatest assets–its… Continue reading TechWeb: Database Gorilla Hunter: Great Bridge brings hefty database power to open-source

McAfee patents virus update over the Internet. Patently ridiculous [The Register]

MS loosens XP WPA some more, to offer upgrade to Pro. Spot the price gouge… [The Register]

RDF update: Query, XTM, Web Ontology and RDF Core. A round-up of recent developments in the RDF and Semantic Web world. [xmlhack]

DocBook tool set. Command Prompt have announced DocBook Pro, a collection of tools for processing SGML and XML DocBook documents. [xmlhack]

New York Times – Editorial Op-Ed: by Marion Berry- free registration required How Patients' Rights Became a Fight. First, our original bill started with the premise that a health insurance company should be treated just like any other person or institution in the health profession. That is, if it makes a decision that results in… Continue reading New York Times

NetSol Scumbags. If you've waited until now to try and transfer your domain away from NetSol's greedy, incompetent little fingers, you're probably out of luck. Someone I host tried to transfer his domains away from NetSol to easyDNS. We responded to the NetSol mailing, replying exactly as they instructed, heard nothing for a week, then… Continue reading NetSol Scumbags

Press release: “NetObjects, Inc. today announced that it will cease operations effective today. The Company intends to sell its assets as expeditiously as circumstances permit.” [Scripting News]

phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 Released. After a long wait, we finally have a new version of this popular MySQL administration software. [PHP Everywhere]