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A nice tandem announcement: The Underground PHP Oracle Manual 1.4 has been published, and Zend Core for Oracle 2.0 is out. On top of that, a couple weeks ago we...

A nice tandem announcement: The Underground PHP Oracle Manual 1.4 has been published, and Zend Core for Oracle 2.0 is out. On top of that, a couple weeks ago we published a nice two-part guide to creating PHP apps that use database-based authentication (specifically, the venerable Virtual Private Database feature).The OPAL stack (see Chris Jones' great blog on this subject) is really becoming a nice alternative to LAMP, in situations where it makes sense to explore one. (The...

Blog Tagged

I was blog-tagged by Jeff Pulver over the weekend (his invention I believe); so I guess I'm it.I am a law-school drop-out.Until the age of 14, my childhood hero...

I was blog-tagged by Jeff Pulver over the weekend (his invention I believe); so I guess I'm it.I am a law-school drop-out.Until the age of 14, my childhood hero was Napoleon Bonaparte. Thereafter, it was Joe Strummer.My father was a Hungarian-English translator at the Nuremburg Trials.When I was a little kid I often played "house" with Alexis Stewart (neighbor in the building).Being a short-order cook was the funnest job I ever had.Today I will consider who my victim will be...

Sem Tech in the House

The 2007 Semantic Technology Conference gets underway today, with Oracle serving as the "Title Sponsor."The agenda is a fascinating one, with presenters...

The 2007 Semantic Technology Conference gets underway today, with Oracle serving as the "Title Sponsor."The agenda is a fascinating one, with presenters representing Boeing, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, and every type of organization in between. And on Tuesday, Siderean CTO Bradley Allen is offering a case study about the underpinnings of OTN Semantic Web.On Thursday, I will have the pleasure of doing my own demo at Oracle HQ in front of some conference attendees. If...

What we talk about when we talk about Reuse

In his post Do we understand SOA?, Jack van Hoof makes an interesting point about the use of the term "reuse" within the context of SOA: And then there is the...

In his post Do we understand SOA?, Jack van Hoof makes an interesting point about the use of the term "reuse" within the context of SOA: And then there is the widely spread misuse of some core terminology. "Experts" tend to speak of "reusable" services. But what they mean is "shareable" services, which is quite a different thing. I've read similar comments elsewhere, and while I understand the point, I think that characterizing this as misuse of terminology is not entirely...

A 6-Billion Dollar Question

Am I alone in thinking that Microsoft's $6 billion acquisition of new-media advertising agency aQuantive ($442m in revenue last year) is as sure a sign of a...

Am I alone in thinking that Microsoft's $6 billion acquisition of new-media advertising agency aQuantive ($442m in revenue last year) is as sure a sign of a bubble as Petco.com's infamous Superbowl halftime ad - this time, an online advertising one?(Speaking of bubbles, I predicted the last one in 2000 - one of an all-together different kind, of course. No one is alleging accounting chicanery here.)Does Google have Microsoft in such a small "box", as Scoble contends, that the...

Seattle Oracle Day 2007

Our friend Dan Morgan of the Puget Sound Oracle Users Group (PSOUG) tells us that date/time/lineup of this year's Seattle Oracle Day is now set:Thurs June 28,...

Our friend Dan Morgan of the Puget Sound Oracle Users Group (PSOUG) tells us that date/time/lineup of this year's Seattle Oracle Day is now set:Thurs June 28, 6:30am-7:30pmMeydenbauer Conference CenterBellevue, WAMapRegistrationAgendaChief Architect Ted Farrell and Oracle Database Product Marketing VP Willie Hardie are keynoting, and there are 30+ technical sessions to choose from. Kirk McGowan's "RAC Pack" session looks particularly good.

Thanks, Paul!

I really need to thank Paul Gallagher for all his great ideas re: community building on OTN. His blog is a great source of information and ideas.Perhaps most...

I really need to thank Paul Gallagher for all his great ideas re: community building on OTN. His blog is a great source of information and ideas.Perhaps most important, he had the great suggestion to enhance "strategic" Oracle blogs by complementing them with a dedicated discussion forum. This would allow much richer knowledge exchanges. Oracle bloggers, what are your thoughts?He also has some good comments on OTN Semantic Web, some of which are feasible, and some of which...

Developer Events Calendar (Powered by Google Cal)

Just started to build out a new OTN Developer Events calendar. If you are a Google Cal user you can save this entire calendar if you like; others can simply do...

Just started to build out a new OTN Developer Events calendar. If you are a Google Cal user you can save this entire calendar if you like; others can simply do a read-only here.This is far from complete (still need to "install" InstallFests and several others); still a work in progress.

No Teenagers at JavaOne

OK, I decided not to snap any photos as folks like Eric Marcoux have already done such a great job.A few things stand out for me from this year. First of all,...

OK, I decided not to snap any photos as folks like Eric Marcoux have already done such a great job.A few things stand out for me from this year. First of all, this was the first time OTN had its own pod, and it was great to meet and speak with so many attendees. (Furthermore I met a whole bunch of newly minted Oracle Fusion Middleware Regional Directors.) It was also great to see the house packed for the Oracle tradition of treating Java developers to a free movie - this...