Apple dropped ZFS support from Mac OS X because of licensing problems?
Online sources claim that Apple decided to drop support for ZFS file system because of potential licensing problems with Sun Microsystems.
Sun had developed this file system for their Solaris platform. It was supposed to be supported in the latest edition of Mac [...]
Oracle asked to sell MySQL
Open Source activist Richard Stallman has called on Oracle to sell MySQL which they are gaining as part of their acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Richard Stallman along with Knowledge Ecology International and Open Rights Group have asked the European Commission to force Oracle to sell this open source database product before [...]
Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems approved by Justice Department
Database industry giant Oracle has said that their acquisition of Sun Microsystems has now received the approval from the Justice Department in the USA.
They are now waiting for approval by the European Commission.
The acquisition deal has been facing issues because of the involvement of technologies [...]
Larry Ellison wants Java to be everywhere!
Oracle is in the process of acquiring Sun Microsystems.
This would give them the ownership of Java technology which is already pretty popular on the web and mobile devices.
Oracle boss Larry Ellison has now said that they have big plans with the Java language.
They want to see it being [...]
Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems
Rumors in the market had claimed that IBM was in talks with Sun Microsystems. The talks reportedly did not materialize.
The latest news in the market is that Oracle has now announced their decision to acquire Sun Microsystems.
The deal is worth around $7.4-billion.
This would further strengthen Oracle as they compete [...]
Oracle has 41 security fixes for its users
Database industry giant Oracle has released as many as 41 security fixes for their products.
These are the first updates released by the company in 2009.
Fixes are for several of their products including Oracle WebLogic Server and Windows versions of Oracle Secure Backup along with WebLogic Portal. [...]
FileMaker Pro 10 released
FileMaker has announced the release of their latest product update FileMaker Pro 10.
FileMaker Pro 10 is the latest version of company’s professional database software.
The company has made several changes in this latest edition. The user interface has been overhauled to make it more useful to the users.
Users also get access to [...]
Oracle contributes data-integrity protection code to Linux code
Database industry giant Oracle has contributed data-integrity protection code which was developed in collaboration with hardware vendor Emulex to the Linux kernel.
The company said that this code would decrease the possibility that erroneous data will get written to disk.
Scott McIntyre, vice president of product marketing at Emulex added [...]
.com Solutions Inc. today releases updated FmPro Script Diff 1.27. FmPro Script Diff’s new control flow view includes support for IF/ELSE/END IF/LOOP/END LOOP statements, graphically showing the statements included within each control flow structure. FileMaker Pro developers can use the graphical control flow feature to instantly see the structure of their code at a glance. [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
.com Solutions Inc. has released FmPro Migrator 4.38, as a maintenance update, including Bento to FileMaker Pro migration feature enhancements. FmPro Migrator 4.38 adds a new Bento CSV/TAB delimited export feature for Unicode data, enabling customers with localized versions of Bento to export non-ASCII characters to FileMaker Pro and other applications.
Fremont, CA – .com [...]
