LDAPd Project Started Oct 16th 2002
Almost a year ago I founded the LDAPd Group which over the course of the past year has grown into a healthy community to build a pure java LDAPv3 server implementation. In April 2003 the first alpha...
View ArticleGot committer status on Avalon
Yesterday I got voted practically unanimously to join the Avalon team as a committer. I was very excited to get the warm welcome from those guys. I hope to do my best to further the cause there. I am...
View ArticleEve formerly know as LDAPd has been accepted to Apache Incubator
Eve the LDAP server formerly known as LDAPd has just been accepted last week into the incubator under the Apache Directory top level project. Eve will be the flagship server for that Apache Directory...
View ArticleGroovy dude is on a roll
You know I just started to get good at groking the Jelly. Just as I start digesting one Strachan production the guy comes out with yet another. Groovy really lives upto its name and I can't wait to...
View ArticleNotification pattern has interesting effect on IoC
While looking at the frontend of the Eve server I began to realize a trend emerging after I introduced a central publish and subscribe facility. The pattern decouples components by enabling...
View ArticleAnother victory for svn
Today I resusitated a file in subversion. I thought it was cool although its not a big deal. However what was cool was getting help from the original authors on it. I think people should rething the...
View ArticleASN.1 Keeps Getting Faster and Faster
Man I've got to hand it to Emmanuel Lecharny from the Apache Directory team. He's been speeding up the Apache Directory Server since day one but recently before 1.0 his performance improvements have...
View Article1st International LDAP Conference
The 1st International Conference on LDAP in Cologne (Setp 2007) was an absolute success in bringing the LDAP community together. Vendors, Open Source Projects, users, and the creators of both LDAP and...
View ArticleOpenDS Reveals the Critical Flaw of Sponsored Commercial Open Source
I don't understand why Simon Phipps would be attacking Neil Wilson's motives when they are pretty clear and utterly noble. Perhaps it's just part of his job function for SUN damage control. The reason...
View ArticleThe Joule as the Global Monotary Unit
For some time I've been trying to think of a way to start leveling the playing field of currencies. People get raped at the currency exchange shops and they barely even know it. It's the biggest...
View ArticleI'm back
After a descent hiatus, I'm making my way back into the code bases of various projects at Apache. I must say, there certainly is a benefit to being away and coming back to look at the code with fresh...
View ArticleJuicy File System
OK get ready because this is a sick idea. It's not new because we shamelessly stole it from Oracle's IFS years ago and transmuted it into the plane of LDAP.Consider an LDAP server that exposes an NFS...
View ArticleAn alternative to Java
Apache Harmony possesses the potential of being a viable alternative to Java. It can finally give the world a truly free and open platform around which and entire ecosystem can form. It is hard to...
View ArticleOS Genetic Engineering to Solve World Hunger
It seems OS is being considered for use with nearly any kind of substrate: it started with code but there's OS hardware and now OS tools for building sustainable communities to save the environment....
View ArticleSQL Maven Plugin and Embedded On Disk HSQLDB Lock Problem
If you're using the Maven SQL Plugin from Codehaus to load your schema into an embedded on disk HSQLDB instance then you've probably encountered the following trace when your test cases against the...
View ArticleGetting Libmad working on macports
An attempt to install libmad will fail on macports. There are several issues open for this. To get libmad-0.15.1b working for macports requires a bit of manual intervention. Follow these steps to make...
View ArticleApache Open Office coming along!
This is a photo of me testing out the first unofficial pre-release of Apache Open Office. It sure looks promising. Kudos to the Apache Open Office folks! Apache Open Office on my desktop
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