This was just a great ApacheCon ! And the weather was just perfect :)
Almost all of the ApacheDS team was present (Christine, Stefan Seelmann, Pierre-Arnaud aka pam, Alex and also Chris), and we have had very interesting discussions about the next release. A lot of work to be done ... But also a lot of great guys to deal with !
I also had time to attend some presentations, like Sally's one ("Breaking Through the Noise") with was really good, Peter Royal's presentation (http://people.apache.org/~proyal/MINA% 20AC%20EU%202007.pdf), one of the best presentation I ever saw, and of course the funny lightning talks, which I can't enjoyed as much as I wanted, due to an accident I had to deal with (google sponsored some beers during this event, and I couldn't resist to have one, so was my computer... Dell keybords don't like Heinekken *at all* ! At least, after having spent 3 hours dismantling, cleaning and reassembling it, it works again. Joy ! )
It was also a pleasure to meet all the Joost guys, Stephane Baillez, Sylvain Wallez, Jean-Baptiste Quenot, Sander, Leo, Erik, Pier (plus a few more guys, like Marteen, Torsten, Ludovic, ... they are so many !). Guys, Joost just rock !
A special thanks to Ugo who scooted us into the city, and to Yeliz and Qing who are interviewing many of us to try to understand the way we work (it's all about the community, guys :)
I don't know if I will attend to ApacheCon US this year, but I will certainly be in Amsterdam again next year !
PS: nous avons un nouveau président, et bien sûr quelques crétins n'ont pû s'empêcher de marquer leur déception en brulant des poubelles, cassant des vitrines et jetant des pavés sur les forces de l'ordre. Visiblement, le suffrage universel et la démocratie est encore une notion abstraite pour une couche assez limité de la population, aussi limité que leur capacité mentale... Traverser Paris la nuit en vélo avec ces odeurs de plastique brulé et de gaz lacrymogène n'a pas été très plaisant. La bêtise a ceci de plus que l'intelligence que cette dernière est forcément limité quand la connerie est sans limite ...
lundi, mai 07, 2007
samedi, février 03, 2007
New site for Apache DS
I'm Impressed ! The new Web Site for Apache Directory server is now up and running ! We were expecting it to be revamped for months, but none of us had time to do it. And suddenly, that's it : a new site, with a new logo, new L&F, etc.
The problem with Apache people is not that they are bad, or lazzy, it is just that they don't have enough hours in a day to do everything they have on their list... But when they decide to dedicate a few hours, and gather all their energy, working as a network, it's incredibly much faster than in any other company or organization. Because of the network.
Apache strength is the network. People are the nodes, information is exchanged through this great network, from Turkey to USA, from France to South Korea, from all over the planet, 24x24, 7x7.
I'm impressed every single day ! Oh, and by the way, Apache has reach 500 000 commits in SVN. I missed it, but it was very close :
The problem with Apache people is not that they are bad, or lazzy, it is just that they don't have enough hours in a day to do everything they have on their list... But when they decide to dedicate a few hours, and gather all their energy, working as a network, it's incredibly much faster than in any other company or organization. Because of the network.
Apache strength is the network. People are the nodes, information is exchanged through this great network, from Turkey to USA, from France to South Korea, from all over the planet, 24x24, 7x7.
I'm impressed every single day ! Oh, and by the way, Apache has reach 500 000 commits in SVN. I missed it, but it was very close :
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=499999 :)
dimanche, octobre 15, 2006
ApacheCon US
Well, Apachecon US is over. It was in Austin, Tx, and it was great !
We have had an incredible amount of good time, and also some bad headhakes, especially on saturday morning, after a very severe party with some Apache guys (Alex Karasulu, Ersin Er, Pierre Arnaud Marcelot, Lars Eilebrecht, and many other peeps I don't even remember the name ... I was too drunk :)
Ok. We not only drank a lot, we also met those OpenDS guys. They are working for Sun and are developping an open source Ldap server in java, too. So we invited them to our Bird Of a Feather session, and discussed with them about any possible collaboration. It was a great hour, and we finished up with, well, a drink ! Here is a picture of our both teams :
It was definitively a great week. Special thanks to Alex Karasulu, our former chairman of the apache DS server project we are working on, he was an excellent coach for us. It was the first time I met him in real life, and it was exactly what I expected it to be : just fun ! This guy is just incredible.
So is Ersin Er, whose presentations on triggers and Stored Procedures were just perfect. I couldn't believe he can successfully presented those complex addons on just 2 hours, and make it crystal clear, but he just simply did. This guy is gifted !
The last ADS team member present in Austin was Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot, - you should just call him PAM, which suit him perfectly, not only because it's short, but also because it fits well with Ldap, as PAM also stand for Pluggable Authenthication Modules :) - , who is working on LdapStudio, a dedicated Eclipse and RCP administration application for ADS. I just can't wait for this project to be injected as a sub-project to ADS, because it's a great piece of software !
Here is a picture of the ADS team we took in a fancy restaurant, above lake Travis (from left to right : pam, me, Ersin and Alex) :
Voilà, c'est fini, we are now back in France, where the temperature is much colder than in Austin. Monday will be a tough day, with a 7 hours jet lag to deal with.
Special thanks to Stéphane Bailliez who put a really cool link on his blog. He not only is a great guy, he was the one who helped me to understand what Apache Foundation was about, and what were the rules, written and not written. Call him a shepperd !
I will post something soon about his experience about using Ant+Ivy, because he just simply made it possible to have complex builds to simply work.
Thanks to all of you, guys !
We have had an incredible amount of good time, and also some bad headhakes, especially on saturday morning, after a very severe party with some Apache guys (Alex Karasulu, Ersin Er, Pierre Arnaud Marcelot, Lars Eilebrecht, and many other peeps I don't even remember the name ... I was too drunk :)
Ok. We not only drank a lot, we also met those OpenDS guys. They are working for Sun and are developping an open source Ldap server in java, too. So we invited them to our Bird Of a Feather session, and discussed with them about any possible collaboration. It was a great hour, and we finished up with, well, a drink ! Here is a picture of our both teams :
It was definitively a great week. Special thanks to Alex Karasulu, our former chairman of the apache DS server project we are working on, he was an excellent coach for us. It was the first time I met him in real life, and it was exactly what I expected it to be : just fun ! This guy is just incredible.
So is Ersin Er, whose presentations on triggers and Stored Procedures were just perfect. I couldn't believe he can successfully presented those complex addons on just 2 hours, and make it crystal clear, but he just simply did. This guy is gifted !
The last ADS team member present in Austin was Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot, - you should just call him PAM, which suit him perfectly, not only because it's short, but also because it fits well with Ldap, as PAM also stand for Pluggable Authenthication Modules :) - , who is working on LdapStudio, a dedicated Eclipse and RCP administration application for ADS. I just can't wait for this project to be injected as a sub-project to ADS, because it's a great piece of software !
Here is a picture of the ADS team we took in a fancy restaurant, above lake Travis (from left to right : pam, me, Ersin and Alex) :
Voilà, c'est fini, we are now back in France, where the temperature is much colder than in Austin. Monday will be a tough day, with a 7 hours jet lag to deal with.
Special thanks to Stéphane Bailliez who put a really cool link on his blog. He not only is a great guy, he was the one who helped me to understand what Apache Foundation was about, and what were the rules, written and not written. Call him a shepperd !
I will post something soon about his experience about using Ant+Ivy, because he just simply made it possible to have complex builds to simply work.
Thanks to all of you, guys !
samedi, mai 27, 2006
TheServerSide end is night !
Great news ! TheServerSide is having a competitor : http://www.infoq.com/. But can we say that infoQ is a competitor when TSS is only a advertisment platform and nothing more?
InfoQ is driven by Floyd Marinescu, who launched TSS 7 years ago.
InfoQ is driven by Floyd Marinescu, who launched TSS 7 years ago.
mardi, mai 16, 2006
Linux desktop ? Maybe ...
I'm using Linux on my computers since 2003. ll my computers (laptops, desktops, etc.). But today I juts felt frustrated with the new D*ll 9150 I bought two weeks ago. I tried Ubuntu 6.0.6, 5.1.0, Debian, no way ! Mac OSX works on this box, but the lack of video driver make it a bad experiance, beside the fact that this system is not really supported ;) We will try to install a Fedora Core 5 tomorrow, but I have little hope.
What is the problem? New disks. No drivers. D*ll is always trying to offer top notch devices for the best price, but without any Linux driver for it, you just feel in dire straits... At least, for laptops, you have this excellent site : http://www.linux-laptop.net/. Nothing for Desktop :(
Hope tomorrow will be better !
What is the problem? New disks. No drivers. D*ll is always trying to offer top notch devices for the best price, but without any Linux driver for it, you just feel in dire straits... At least, for laptops, you have this excellent site : http://www.linux-laptop.net/. Nothing for Desktop :(
Hope tomorrow will be better !
lundi, mai 08, 2006
A new kid in the blog...
Well, not that I have a lot to share, but anyway, I follow the main stream.
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