This is not my notes about the MySQL conference that just occurred. These are my thoughts about MySQL conferences in general. Baron wrote in The History of OpenSQL Camp:
After O’Reilly/MySQL co-hosted MySQL Conference and Expo (a large commercial event) that year, there was a bit of dissatisfaction amongst a few people about the increasingly commercial and marketing-oriented nature of that conference. Some people refused to call the conference by its new name (Conference and Expo) and wanted to put pressure on MySQL to keep it a MySQL User’s Conference.

Chief Corporate Architect at Oracle, been at Oracle since 1986, technology and architecture decisions, responsible for all open source at Oracle. Company-wide initiatives on standards management and security — http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2010/public/schedule/detail/12440.
Where MySQL fits within Oracle’s structure.
Oracle’s Strategy: Complete. Open. Integrated. (compare with MySQL’s strategy: Fast, Reliable, Easy to Use).
Most of the $$ spent by companies is not on software, but on integration. So Oracle makes software based on open standards that integrates well.

Most of the components talk to each other through open standards, so that customers can use other products, and standardize on the technology, which makes it much more likely that customers will continue to use Oracle.

Chief Corporate Architect at Oracle, been at Oracle since 1986, technology and architecture decisions, responsible for all open source at Oracle. Company-wide initiatives on standards management and security — http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2010/public/schedule/detail/12440.
Where MySQL fits within Oracle’s structure.
Oracle’s Strategy: Complete. Open. Integrated. (compare with MySQL’s strategy: Fast, Reliable, Easy to Use).
Most of the $$ spent by companies is not on software, but on integration. So Oracle makes software based on open standards that integrates well.

Most of the components talk to each other through open standards, so that customers can use other products, and standardize on the technology, which makes it much more likely that customers will continue to use Oracle.

Today is Ada Lovelace day, a day to “draw attention to achievements of women in technology.”
So here I am, drawing some attention :) All the names contain links to learn more (mostly Wikipedia links), so if you are so inclined to do so, you can learn more (you could start at Wikipedia’s article on women in computing). Perhaps you will realize that there are lots of women in technology already, more than you first thought.
That being said, this is by no means a comprehensive list.

Today is Ada Lovelace day, a day to “draw attention to achievements of women in technology.”
So here I am, drawing some attention :) All the names contain links to learn more (mostly Wikipedia links), so if you are so inclined to do so, you can learn more (you could start at Wikipedia’s article on women in computing). Perhaps you will realize that there are lots of women in technology already, more than you first thought.
That being said, this is by no means a comprehensive list.

Today is Ada Lovelace day, a day to “draw attention to achievements of women in technology.”
So here I am, drawing some attention :) All the names contain links to learn more (mostly Wikipedia links), so if you are so inclined to do so, you can learn more (you could start at Wikipedia’s article on women in computing). Perhaps you will realize that there are lots of women in technology already, more than you first thought.
That being said, this is by no means a comprehensive list.

This is the 182nd edition of Log Buffer, the weekly review of database blogs. Make sure to read the whole edition so you do not miss where to submit your SQL limerick!
This week started out with me posting about International Women’s Day, and has me personally attending Confoo (Montreal) which is an excellent conference I hope to return to next year. I learned a lot from confoo, especially the blending nosql and sql session I attended.

Persistence Smoothie: Blending NoSQL and SQL – see user feedback and comments at http://joind.in/talk/view/1332.
Michael Bleigh from Intridea, high-end Ruby and Ruby on Rails consultants, build apps from start to finish, making it scalable. He’s written a lot of stuff, available at http://github.com/intridea. @mbleigh on twitter
NoSQL is a new way to think about persistence. Most NoSQL systems are not ACID compliant (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability).

Most of this stuff is not PHP specific, and Python or Ruby or Java or .NET developers can use the tools in this talk.
The session on joind.in, with user comments/feedback, is at http://joind.in/talk/view/1320.
Slides are at http://talks.php.net/show/confoo10
“My name is Rasmus, I’ve been around for a long time. I’ve been doing this web stuff since 1992/1993.”
“Generally performance is not a PHP problem.” Webservers not config’d, no expire headers on images, no favicon.

subtitle: Monetizing Social Media
Why is social media and social networking essential to you and your business? (because it will drive sales, but there’s very few analytics for ROI on social networking and social media)
Relying on advertising is no longer working for print newspapers and television. So why do we think it will work on internet media?

Blogging — you must post 2-4 quality blog posts every week to maintain readership. This takes a lot of work! Content is king.
No matter how cool the technology/product/service is, people still buy more often and more easily from people they know and trust.