OpenSource
Major Change within the IT and Business Landscape
by J. Miller on Apr.27, 2009, under Applications, Computers, Hardware, Internet, Networks, OpenSource, Operating Systems, Reference, Reviews, Software, Web Hosting
MySQL is quite well known as its one of the most popular open-source database systems utilized around the world today. We use it quite heavily within SAFI… as do many IT and non-IT companies. Unfortunately a large marjority of MySQL users will have never heard of Sun Microsystems and Oracle.
The recent $7.4Bil. (USD) buyout of Sun Microsystem’s by Oracle is going to have repercussions that are felt across the entire Info. Tech. landscape worldwide. Changes will be seen and their effects cast upon both the hardware and software sectors of IT; in addition catching many other businesses and end-users outside the IT industries in the midst. (continue reading…)
Safitech v1.7 Wordpress Theme Released
by J. Miller on Apr.12, 2009, under Internet, Linux, OpenSource, Software, Updates, Web Hosting
Version 1.7 of SafiTech is now live @ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/safitech/
You can make any comments or request changes etc within our community forums now online at http://forums.safitech.com/. We’ve now broken the 5,000+ download mark and are continuing to climb towards 10,000!
**v1.7 Updates Include**
–Max of ‘2′ Sidebars.
–Theme Options Added: Sidebar Location ‘left/right’
–Theme Options Added: Sidebar Visibility ‘hidden/visible’
–Complete Base Code Re-Write.
–IE7/8 Compatibility Fixes
Google Chrome: YAWB
by J. Miller on Sep.03, 2008, under Applications, OpenSource
So just recently Google has posted its long anticipated BETA release of its own webrowser code named ‘Chrome.’ The question that lingers in my mind though… Don’t we have enough webrowsers, and why reinvent the wheel?
Simple answer… they think they can do it better! (Google: A Fresh Take on the Browswer). Can they? We’ll have to see how things progress, and if they progress. Google has been notoriously known for projects being forever stuck in BETA. (continue reading…)