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OpenSolaris Community: Databases

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Welcome to the Databases community of OpenSolaris!
This community is about all things databases on Solaris. It is for both users of databases as well as those of us involved in creating and delivering database technology.

Topics will range from:

• How to make your database run best on Solaris
• Ideas for improving Solaris to better enable database technology
• Comparison and contrast of various database technologies
• Pointers to open source database add-ons, tools, and other code
• Other topics related to databases on Solaris

Please feel free to join in and participate!

Announcements

16 Jan 2008	Sun Microsystems Inc. to Acquire MySQL AB
07 Nov 2006	JDBC 4 API Final Draft Approved

Events

22 May 2008	PGcon 2008
20 Jul 2008	OSCON PostgreSQL Day

News

MySQL is Officially a Part of Sun | Jonathan Schwartz' Blog | 02/26/2008

Sun and MySQL have closed the acquisition deal. Jonathan Schwartz describes the deal's significance.

PG Community Releases PostgreSQL 8.3 | PostgreSQL Community | 02/04/2008

Today the PostgreSQL Global Development Group releases the long-awaited version 8.3. The Solaris release of 8.3 will come in 32 bit and 64 bit versions. See Bjorn Munch's note: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=51000&tstart=0

A New Way to Buy PostgreSQL Support from Sun | Sun Global Specials Store | 01/22/2008

We have just added a new, easier way for customers to buy PostgreSQL support from Sun!

In a Vortex | Jonathan Schwartz' Blog | 01/19/2008

Jonathan Schwartz Discusses MySQL Acquisition and Sun's DB Strategy.

Sun Microsystems Inc. to Acquire MySQL AB | Jonathan Schwartz' Blog | 01/16/2008

Sun has announced it will acquire MySQL AB.

Blogs

Database Soup - Planet bug, feed link

May 12, 8:03 AM

For those reading through PlanetPostgreSQL RSS feed: the current Planet code has a bug which prevents ITToolBox blogs from feeding correctly. The bug has been reported.

Database Soup - Community Destroyers

May 12, 5:42 AM

This week I presented on

MortazaviBlog - DTrace Probes for Databases

May 10, 4:22 AM

Robert Lor has listed potential standard DTrace probes for databases and some PostgreSQL-specific probes.

MortazaviBlog - Who Dons the Java DB T-Shirt

May 8, 11:41 PM

  Giuseppe Maxia took this picture at JavaOne, 2008, just a couple of days ago. It shows Marten Mickos ( MySQL ) donning the Java DB T-Shirt and giving a friendly hug to PostgreSQL evangelist Josh ...

jkshah - How OpenSource and ISVs can leverage OpenSolaris

May 7, 12:00 AM

I briefly mentioned in my earlier post that OpenSolaris binary is probably just a chapter of a book. To really understand how the benefits of OpenSolaris lets look at the needs of a typical Software ...