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Randall Hauch: JBoss DNA

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:13:33 GMT

Just got back from the St. Louis JUG. Randall Hauch of Red Hat gave a presentation on JBoss DNA.

JBoss DNA is a Java Content Repository (JCR) implementation whose major differentiation feature is its federated repositories.

Finally Upgraded To Fedora Core 6

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:31:01 GMT

It has been 79 days since Fedora Core 6 was released. I finally got a chance to upgrade my work station from FC5 to FC6.

As in the past, I downloaded the FC6 x86_64 DVD using Bittorrent, and started my "try upgrade first, if that doesn't work, do a fresh install."

The upgrade worked. It took about 2 hours for all the new packages to be installed from the DVD to the hard drive. And then it took a full day to pull down all the accumulated updates using "yum update" from the Fedora mirrors. As in the past, I relied upon the Fedora Core 6 Tips & Tricks website to get the multimedia stuff installed.

Improvements that I've noticed include:

The Istanbul Desktop Session Recorder is improved tremendously. Last time I tried it, it was very primitie. The version in FC6 feels a lot smoother, and did not use a huge amount of memory or CPU as the FC5 version did.
I just noticed the Cups-PDF printer driver that allows one to print anything to a PDF file. (This might be already present in FC5.)
The GL-accelerated desktop effects are cool. My windows wobble when moved, and my workspaces are on a cube (that rotate in 3D) now. It also has something similar to the Mac OS X Expose.
The Gobby collaboration editor looks like it should be useful. It supports distributed file editing with chat.
I switched to 32-bit Firefox just to get Flash working. I can watch videos on YouTube now.
And as you can see in the screenshot below, Qemu still works.

Red Hat To Acquire JBoss

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:32:36 GMT

Red Hat: Red Hat will acquire JBoss for approximately $350 million in initial consideration, plus approximately $70 million subject to the achievement of certain future performance metrics. The transaction consideration is composed of approximately 40% in cash and 60% in Red Hat common stock. The acquisition is expected to be completed around the end of Red Hat's first fiscal quarter (May 2006), subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.

JBoss: How will the open source community benefit?

Both Red Hat and JBoss are dedicated to preserving the integrity of open source. This union will bring together two of the market and brand leaders in open source and create the industry's first comprehensive open source platform for the enterprise.

The combined companies will continue to invest in development of new open source technologies while reaching out to the wider open source community as a whole to encourage continued and active participation in the success of combined open source projects.