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October 21, 2004
SpikeSource: Certified LAMP and LAMJ Stacks
From Doc Searls I learned about an interesting company called SpikeSource. SpikeSource offers something that lots of companies thinking about using open source could use some help with: certified stacks of components tested and certified for interoperability.
This SpikeSource web infrastructure stack is composed of over 50 open source components, including 6 language runtimes, to form a complete development and deployment environment for dynamic web sites programmed in Java, C, C++, PHP, Perl, or Python. The complete package is tested for interoperability and performance on 4 major Linux platforms in a fully automated and repeatable validation process. It installs in around 10 minutes and works out of the boxFrom SpikeSource: Productized Open Source Software
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I work with companies using open source projects and without something like SpikeSource you have to do two things to make this all work:
- Hire someone who knows there way around open source to put it all together
- Spend lots of hours building a stack, testing components, and then making sure it all works together. Sometimes the bugs are subtle and hard to find (which the reason for step 1).
I don't think I'd eliminate step 1 even if I was using SpikeSource, but I'd sure love to eliminate step 2. Getting a certified stack that includes Apache, JBoss, MySQL, Tomcat, Axis, and Hibernate on top of my favorite flavor of Linux means that I can more easily forego the comfort that I get from WebLogic or WebSphere. This is one of the missing pieces of open source.
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Simon Phipps Tonight
Simon Phipps, Chief Technology Evangelist at Sun Microsystems will be speaking at the Java User's Group in Salt Lake tonight. Simon's a marvelous speaker and has some very interesting views on technology. Make the time to go see him. You won't be disappointed. Here's the RSVP.
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TiVo Failed Me
My TiVo failed me last night. I got last season's final episode of The West Wing, but not the premiere! The problem is that my local NBC affiliate (KSL) start some programs a minute early. So I have TiVo set to start recording one minute early. Since last night's episodes were back-to-back, it recorded the first one, but didn't record the second because of the conflict caused by the one minute overlap. Why isn't TiVo smart enough to deal with scheduling conflicts on a "best effort" basis and at least record what it can? In this case, since they were one the same channel I wouldn't have lost anything. Sigh... In the meantime, if anyone has the last night's new episode on DVD or tape, I'm anxious to see it.