Comments for cn=Directory Manager http://directorymanager.wordpress.com Neil Wilson's Personal Blog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:29:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on The Future of SLAMD by David http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/the-future-of-slamd/#comment-78 David Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:42:43 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-78 I have been learning to use slamd, after webload decided to pull their opensource web load tool. I am not a java programmer, but I am interested in seeing this tool continue living. My coding skills were in C and BASIC, but Java reads well enough, I am looking at the HTTPClient source now, tracking down a stack overflow. If there is any help or applause I can provide, please let me know. I have been learning to use slamd, after webload decided to pull their opensource web load tool.

I am not a java programmer, but I am interested in seeing this tool continue living. My coding skills were in C and BASIC, but Java reads well enough, I am looking at the HTTPClient source now, tracking down a stack overflow.

If there is any help or applause I can provide, please let me know.

]]> Comment on Sleeping with Solaris by ignisvulpis http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/sleeping-with-solaris/#comment-77 ignisvulpis Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:41:36 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-77 I think the takeaway is: if you don't want to sleep then don't sleep. The "other" ways you mention are not only "better" ways but the correct ways to solve your use-case. I think the takeaway is: if you don’t want to sleep then don’t sleep. The “other” ways you mention are not only “better” ways but the correct ways to solve your use-case.

]]> Comment on The Future of SLAMD by Alex http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/the-future-of-slamd/#comment-75 Alex Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:00:18 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-75 Hi Neil, I am truly delighted to see you "back from the dead". As I have said before I am a huge fan of SLAMD and I use it all the time. It certainly does work pretty doggone well in its current state. However, having used SLAMD for quite a while I, too, am finding I would like a few features here and there that it does not have and I have a bug fix in the HTTPClient class that I would love for you to look over. Can we look at this at some point? I would also love to know what features specifically you have in mind and if there is any way I could help. Hi Neil, I am truly delighted to see you “back from the dead”. As I have said before I am a huge fan of SLAMD and I use it all the time. It certainly does work pretty doggone well in its current state.

However, having used SLAMD for quite a while I, too, am finding I would like a few features here and there that it does not have and I have a bug fix in the HTTPClient class that I would love for you to look over. Can we look at this at some point?

I would also love to know what features specifically you have in mind and if there is any way I could help.

]]> Comment on 2007 Movie List by Kris http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007-movie-list/#comment-65 Kris Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:48:05 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007-movie-list/#comment-65 Thanks for the list. I'm a teacher and just needed movies for kids to understand the term 'plot'. They love it as a guessing game. Thanks for the list. I’m a teacher and just needed movies for kids to understand the term ‘plot’. They love it as a guessing game.

]]> Comment on About by Sudhir http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/about/#comment-57 Sudhir Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:19:49 +0000 #comment-57 Neil, It was indeed shocking and sad to hear about you and you group. Since I did work with you in support, when you were in sustaining working with Mark. I know the efforts you have put in last several years to rise up the level u were at.. I feel that its great loss for sun to loose an engineer like you. Sudhir Neil,

It was indeed shocking and sad to hear about you and you group. Since I did work with you in support, when you were in sustaining working with Mark. I know the efforts you have put in last several years to rise up the level u were at..
I feel that its great loss for sun to loose an engineer like you.

Sudhir

]]> Comment on Clarifications on the Open Letter by Real State Agent http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/clarifications-on-the-open-letter/#comment-55 Real State Agent Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:41:30 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/clarifications-on-the-open-letter/#comment-55 Two outcomes are possible: 1. You fork the project and fund a new startup around it. 2. You find a job elsewhere. It seems to me that you can even rewrite the project from scratch in a few months. Is it fair for you that Sun lays you off and then decides the project is theirs? Does the company have a statement in the labor contract specifying you can't work on similar projects after a number of years you have been laid off? Will they pay your salary during those years? I think they are reaping you off. Two outcomes are possible:

1. You fork the project and fund a new startup around it.
2. You find a job elsewhere.

It seems to me that you can even rewrite the project from scratch in a few months.

Is it fair for you that Sun lays you off and then decides the project is theirs?

Does the company have a statement in the labor contract specifying you can’t work on similar projects after a number of years you have been laid off?

Will they pay your salary during those years?

I think they are reaping you off.

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to the OpenDS Community and to Sun Microsystems by Larry Freeman http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/an-open-letter-to-the-opends-community-and-to-sun-microsystems/#comment-51 Larry Freeman Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:02:32 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/an-open-letter-to-the-opends-community-and-to-sun-microsystems/#comment-51 This is a very sad story. I used to be an engineer at Sun (until I was RIF'd in March) and I genuinely believe that Sun is trying to do the right thing. Mistakes are inevitably made during any RIF. In this case, it sounds like Sun made some legal moves which overruled its open source commitment on this particular project. I am very glad that Simon Phipps is already investigating this. There will be internal discussions at Sun and people will question the decision of the member of executive management and ultimately, it will be Jonathan's call if they change the policy on RIFs and open source projects going forward. I truly believe that once Sun abandons its semiannual reductions in force, these types of issues will go away. Jonathan has been trying hard to change the culture at Sun and this issue shows that he still has a lot of work ahread of him. -Larry This is a very sad story.

I used to be an engineer at Sun (until I was RIF’d in March) and I genuinely believe that Sun is trying to do the right thing.

Mistakes are inevitably made during any RIF. In this case, it sounds like Sun made some legal moves which overruled its open source commitment on this particular project.

I am very glad that Simon Phipps is already investigating this. There will be internal discussions at Sun and people will question the decision of the member of executive management and ultimately, it will be Jonathan’s call if they change the policy on RIFs and open source projects going forward.

I truly believe that once Sun abandons its semiannual reductions in force, these types of issues will go away.

Jonathan has been trying hard to change the culture at Sun and this issue shows that he still has a lot of work ahread of him.

-Larry

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to the OpenDS Community and to Sun Microsystems by Khushil Dep http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/an-open-letter-to-the-opends-community-and-to-sun-microsystems/#comment-50 Khushil Dep Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:00:14 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/an-open-letter-to-the-opends-community-and-to-sun-microsystems/#comment-50 After the core of an aging massive star ceases to generate energy from nuclear fusion, it may undergo sudden gravitational collapse into a neutron star or black hole, releasing gravitational potential energy that heats and expels the star's outer layers. After the core of an aging massive star ceases to generate energy from nuclear fusion, it may undergo sudden gravitational collapse into a neutron star or black hole, releasing gravitational potential energy that heats and expels the star’s outer layers.

]]> Comment on Why the Dislike for CDDL? by James http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/why-the-dislike-for-cddl/#comment-49 James Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:09:47 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/why-the-dislike-for-cddl/#comment-49 The "aggregate" clause in GPLv3 only applies when the files are not combined into a larger program. The point about the Affero GPL is not what it does, but that the GPLv3 allows you to combine works under the GPLv3 with the Affero, provided you follow the more restrictive provisions of the Affero for the work as a whole. Section 7 of the GPLv3 would allow a larger work to be made from GPLv3 and CDDL components, except that the CDDL doesn't allow it as section 3.1 says "that Source Code form must be distributed *only* under the terms of this License" (my emphasis) but the GPL requires the entire work to be distributed under the GPL. http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/docs/mozgpl.html is what I use as a reference for why the GPL and CDDL aren't compatible. http://apoc.freedesktop.org/wiki/ is a recently-freed Sun project that went for GPLv2/CDDL dual-licensing. The “aggregate” clause in GPLv3 only applies when the files are not combined into a larger program. The point about the Affero GPL is not what it does, but that the GPLv3 allows you to combine works under the GPLv3 with the Affero, provided you follow the more restrictive provisions of the Affero for the work as a whole.

Section 7 of the GPLv3 would allow a larger work to be made from GPLv3 and CDDL components, except that the CDDL doesn’t allow it as section 3.1 says “that Source Code form must be distributed *only* under the terms of this License” (my emphasis) but the GPL requires the entire work to be distributed under the GPL.

http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/docs/mozgpl.html is what I use as a reference for why the GPL and CDDL aren’t compatible.

http://apoc.freedesktop.org/wiki/ is a recently-freed Sun project that went for GPLv2/CDDL dual-licensing.

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to the OpenDS Community and to Sun Microsystems by Rick Blaine http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/an-open-letter-to-the-opends-community-and-to-sun-microsystems/#comment-48 Rick Blaine Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:09:04 +0000 http://directorymanager.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/an-open-letter-to-the-opends-community-and-to-sun-microsystems/#comment-48 Sun's software strategy has been totally f*cked ever since Rich Greene weasled his way back into the company after his failed post-Sun ventures. I feel bad that once more engineers who believed that Technology was more important than Sun internal politics have been inconvenienced by reason of losing their jobs. How can anyone believe that Sun is sincere about anything? On the other hand, French engineers rock! I know it's hard to believe but they really do! Sun’s software strategy has been totally f*cked ever since Rich Greene weasled his way back into the company after his failed post-Sun ventures. I feel bad that once more engineers who believed that Technology was more important than Sun internal politics have been inconvenienced by reason of losing their jobs. How can anyone believe that Sun is sincere about anything?

On the other hand, French engineers rock! I know it’s hard to believe but they really do!

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