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Oracle Open Sources TopLink

Oracle has just announced from EclipseCon that it is donating the TopLink O/R persistence framework to the OSS community. This is a fairly substantial...

Oracle has just announced from EclipseCon that it is donating the TopLink O/R persistence framework to the OSS community. This is a fairly substantial contribution of code.See the Eclipse Tooling page at oss.oracle.com here.There's a press release here.

Wim Coekaerts on Unbreakable Linux

The amount of FUD out there re: Oracle Unbreakable Linux is truly remarkable - as one unknown wit once remarked, "You are entitled to your own opinion, but not...

The amount of FUD out there re: Oracle Unbreakable Linux is truly remarkable - as one unknown wit once remarked, "You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts."Wim Coekaerts, Oracle's VP of Linux Engineering, has much to say on this subject in this new blog post. Key quote: "It is the same code people, it is the same code."

Search.oracle.com is now RSS-enabled

Now, here's something that Oracle SES does that even Google can't: Make your search results available via RSS. This functionality is now present at...

Now, here's something that Oracle SES does that even Google can't: Make your search results available via RSS. This functionality is now present at search.oracle.com:Thus, if you are interested in new content published on OTN associated with any given keyword, you can get those results delivered directly to your newsreader.This has profound implications for content publishing on OTN. Used in conjunction with an XSLT, we'll be able to deliver search results dynamically in...

Yahoo Pipes in re: OTN Semantic Web

The Web Monkeys among you have surely heard of Yahoo Pipes by now, Yahoo's new hosted, declarative "programming" environment for creating interesting Web 2.0...

The Web Monkeys among you have surely heard of Yahoo Pipes by now, Yahoo's new hosted, declarative "programming" environment for creating interesting Web 2.0 mashups (eg, Google Base + Yahoo Search + del.icio.us etc).If you are an OTN Semantic Web user however you can already do a variation of that operation, for all Oracle content syndicated via RSS. Basically, you can create topic-specific mashups from various Oracle RSS feeds.For example, want to create a "live" bookmark...

Oracle Doc is Now Google-Friendly

As announced some time ago, official Oracle Documentation is being indexed by Google as we speak.This will be a great help to Oracle newbies who otherwise would...

As announced some time ago, official Oracle Documentation is being indexed by Google as we speak.This will be a great help to Oracle newbies who otherwise would not have been exposed to the doc unless they thought to become OTN members."It's a good thing," as Martha would say.

Ruby/Python Destination

Given the rising interest in Oracle+Ruby/RoR, Oracle+Python, etc., OTN has launched a new Scripting Language Technology Center. This is your one-stop shop for...

Given the rising interest in Oracle+Ruby/RoR, Oracle+Python, etc., OTN has launched a new Scripting Language Technology Center. This is your one-stop shop for all content pertaining to that subject on OTN.As usual we are looking for good how-to content from these communities - if you're interested, drop me a line

The Oracle Linux Kernel Team Opens Up

We just published a podcast interview with Zach Brown, the Oracle Linux Kernel Team member working on RDS and AIO. The interview previously podcasted interview...

We just published a podcast interview with Zach Brown, the Oracle Linux Kernel Team member working on RDS and AIO. The interview previously podcasted interview with his colleague Chris Mason was a huge hit - it was the second most popular show we've ever done in fact.As an aside, I had the rare opportunity to lunch with Oracle co-founder Ed Oates and Ken Jacobs yesterday. To hear those two guys trading war stories about Oracle's very early days was a great treat - neither one...

Google Toolbar Button

As you know, we published an Oracle DBA Toolbar for IE last fall. (A FireFox version is still in the works, but not too far off.) You may also be interested in...

As you know, we published an Oracle DBA Toolbar for IE last fall. (A FireFox version is still in the works, but not too far off.) You may also be interested in installing a custom OTN button for the Google Toolbar.The Google Toolbar is a great way to customize your browser any way you like; you can create and add your own buttons to your heart's content.Speaking of Google, you should also check out the new JDeveloper extension for the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) - create your...

Of Mashups and LEGOs

I'd just like to point out that my wife's cousin, Bryce McGlone, is a professional LEGO builder. And that in fact there is a technical journal published for...

I'd just like to point out that my wife's cousin, Bryce McGlone, is a professional LEGO builder. And that in fact there is a technical journal published for other such professionals. (Wow.) This community is solely focused on how to combine LEGOs in new and interesting ways, not on the LEGO itself (which is inherently simple and "standard").Witness also the emergence of a cottage industry focuses on mashup development (eg, Mashup Camp). Can "Mashup Magazine" be that far...