Dr Wingnut

Day: February 16, 2006

  • Oracle acquires Sleepycat

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    This could be bad.  Oracles acquisition of Sleepycat’s Berkeley DB, which is the back end for the Subversion software version control system, as well as other open source products could mean the end to whole classes of open source software unless Oracle treads lightly.I hope that Oracle doesn’t kill this goose.

  • Ouch

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    I went to the doctor for my yearly physical.  She starts with certain basics.“How much do you weigh?” she asks.“115,” I say.The nurse puts me on the scale.  It turns out my weight is 140.“Your height?”“5 foot 8,” I say.The nurse checks and sees that I only measure 5′ 5″.She then takes my blood pressure…

  • So wrong

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    If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.Abraham Lincoln