Oracle VM

Oracle unveiled on Monday at the Oracle OpenWorld their Oracle VM, that is based on Xen.
Press Release.
Slashdot.

[lack of] Support is the Key to Open Source Drawback

Insufficient support is the key drawback to using open source technology, according to “Open Source in the Enterprise: New Software Disrupts the Technology Stack”  the latest survey conducted by Unisphere Research for the IOUG and sponsored by MySQL.
A total of 226 people participated in the survey. Over half (53 percent) were database administrators. More than […]

(fake) Larry Ellison on Oracle’s Open Source Strategy

Fake Larry Ellison writes “Our open source strategy“.
Funny? Sad? True? You decide…

Larry Ellison in Israel

Larry Ellison made his first visit to Israel this week, so Oracle Israel and Globes organized an invitation only live appearance for the members of the Israeli business and IT market.
I was hoping to hear from him a little bit about Open Source issues. Most of the talk was about the history of Oracle and […]

Ruby on Rails - With Oracle

Obie Fernandez wrote a nice tutorial on Connecting to Oracle with Ruby on Rails

Database-Based Authentication for PHP Apps

Michael McLaughlin published an article on the Oracle Technology Network about Database-Based Authentication for PHP Apps.
The article is comprehensive, and describes in detail basic concepts.  You will also find sample code, detail designs and step by step procedures.
Enjoy