Comments for FreeDB2.com http://freedb2.com ... on DB2 Express-C and other free databases Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:23:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on All the IT that a small business or a branch office needs by Tyson F. Gautreaux http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/OgXojN212ho/ Tyson F. Gautreaux Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:23:58 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1072#comment-6894 Thanks for this post, answers a bunch of questions I was having. Thanks for this post, answers a bunch of questions I was having.


]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/01/15/all-the-it-that-a-small-business-or-a-branch-office-needs/comment-page-1/#comment-6894 Comment on POWER7: What’s in it for the free DB2 Express-C? by Leon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/0sPEaJbAVTA/ Leon Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:05:43 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1115#comment-6499 The point is a simple one. Linux on Power is typically run in an LPAR. You can take one of these POWER7 machines and carve out a number of LPARs each capable of running 8 threads (2 cores) of DB2 Express-C. I do think that the new POWER7 machines are excellent for server consolidation. And, if the servers you are looking to consolidate are database servers running free DB2 Express-C, POWER7 machines make a lot of sense. Workload consolidation is one of the key value propositions for the POWER7 architecture. Marketing or not ... it makes sense to me. Maybe my logic is flawed, so I'd be interested to hear from others. The point is a simple one. Linux on Power is typically run in an LPAR. You can take one of these POWER7 machines and carve out a number of LPARs each capable of running 8 threads (2 cores) of DB2 Express-C. I do think that the new POWER7 machines are excellent for server consolidation. And, if the servers you are looking to consolidate are database servers running free DB2 Express-C, POWER7 machines make a lot of sense. Workload consolidation is one of the key value propositions for the POWER7 architecture. Marketing or not … it makes sense to me. Maybe my logic is flawed, so I’d be interested to hear from others.


]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/02/08/power7-whats-in-it-for-the-free-db2-express-c/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 Comment on POWER7: What’s in it for the free DB2 Express-C? by db2fan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/457JUCFgaCo/ db2fan Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:26:22 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1115#comment-6476 sound like a desperate marketing effort..express-c run on two core max, so it run on 8 threads max. so why bother mentioning 8 cores, 32 threads..also purescale dont apply to express-c. sound like a desperate marketing effort..express-c run on two core max, so it run on 8 threads max. so why bother mentioning 8 cores, 32 threads..also purescale dont apply to express-c.


]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/02/08/power7-whats-in-it-for-the-free-db2-express-c/comment-page-1/#comment-6476 Comment on Jonathan Schwartz resigns as SUN CEO with a tweet by Juan Lanus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/S6fpuZubTY8/ Juan Lanus Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:03:34 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1108#comment-6378 I assisted an IBM event a couple years ago in Buenos Aires, in the Sheraton Hotel (regarded as luxurious here). It was incredible. Incredibly boring. Look, I´m no pony-tailed PHP hacker writing L337 but a sixty-something developer with COBOL, DB2, and also lots of knowledge on the web acronyms cloud. But anyway, the idea is that the marketing pitch reached only a few gray-haired attendants who already had bought it many years ago. I addressed the PR girl who was in charge willing to communicate her lots of ideas about developer events like those sponsored by http://www.globant.com the software factory I work for. Among the myriad of half-baked young developers working in my city, and also everywhere else, there must be at least a few capable of and interested in, delving into real men IT (women too, like Perna). But the local IBM only reaches those, like me, who are already listening IBM´s music. Anyway, I forwarded the invitation but nobody went. The offering appeared as the less "cool" possible event. And it was: professional speakers enumerating once more an endless roster of features of programs one should know in advance what what they were for (but if you already knew then the pitch was useless despite the features delta). Something has changed and IBM seems to be completely oblivious of it. Compare for example with Google, regarded as "cool". I believe that it´s not only about being cool, but IBM´s "coolness factor" must increase ASAP else most mainframe systems will have to run unmanned. On the other hand Sun was "cool" (created Java!) but turned increasingly irrelevant as DEC did years ago ... I assisted an IBM event a couple years ago in Buenos Aires, in the Sheraton Hotel (regarded as luxurious here).
It was incredible. Incredibly boring.
Look, I´m no pony-tailed PHP hacker writing L337 but a sixty-something developer with COBOL, DB2, and also lots of knowledge on the web acronyms cloud.
But anyway, the idea is that the marketing pitch reached only a few gray-haired attendants who already had bought it many years ago.
I addressed the PR girl who was in charge willing to communicate her lots of ideas about developer events like those sponsored by http://www.globant.com the software factory I work for.
Among the myriad of half-baked young developers working in my city, and also everywhere else, there must be at least a few capable of and interested in, delving into real men IT (women too, like Perna).
But the local IBM only reaches those, like me, who are already listening IBM´s music.
Anyway, I forwarded the invitation but nobody went. The offering appeared as the less “cool” possible event. And it was: professional speakers enumerating once more an endless roster of features of programs one should know in advance what what they were for (but if you already knew then the pitch was useless despite the features delta).
Something has changed and IBM seems to be completely oblivious of it.
Compare for example with Google, regarded as “cool”.
I believe that it´s not only about being cool, but IBM´s “coolness factor” must increase ASAP else most mainframe systems will have to run unmanned.
On the other hand Sun was “cool” (created Java!) but turned increasingly irrelevant as DEC did years ago …


]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/02/05/jonathan-schwartz-resigns-a-sun-ceo-with-a-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6378 Comment on For databases size does matter: introducing DB2 pureScale. by POWER7: What's in it for the free DB2 Express-C? | FreeDB2.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/MNC1LzUZsJ4/ POWER7: What's in it for the free DB2 Express-C? | FreeDB2.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:54:59 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=996#comment-6348 [...] on Intel’s latest Nehalem chips. Early internal tests point to a 38% cost advantage for DB2 pureScale running on Power 780 turbo over Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC)  on Nehalem. Since the [...] [...] on Intel’s latest Nehalem chips. Early internal tests point to a 38% cost advantage for DB2 pureScale running on Power 780 turbo over Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC)  on Nehalem. Since the [...]


]]> http://freedb2.com/2009/10/10/for-databases-size-does-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-6348 Comment on Jonathan Schwartz resigns as SUN CEO with a tweet by Leon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/4wnGrBFAhNQ/ Leon Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:05:16 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1108#comment-6303 Vihka, thanks for the comment. I am actually in 100% agreement with you that the message and the media have to fit the audience. On ChannelDB2.com we know our audience well well. We try to reach technical professionals who are passionate about technology. The same goes for our Twitter and blogging. In general C-level execs are not much interested in downloading or having some hands on time with our products. IBM TV was meant for an entirely different audience i.e. decision makers, strategists etc. What I do have a problem with is when some of the marketing professionals take corporate directives a little too literally and try to get technical audience deliverables channelled through outlets like IBM TV. The point of my post is a simple one. This is the age of Twitter. Adjust and adopt your strategies to leverage social media. With it you have to learn to use social media, you have to learn to use it effectively. You are now getting to a much broader audience and people who are used to "less produced" content. Drop the big words ... as a matter of fact, don't even worry about correcting spelling mistakes. Engage with people on the content not the form. Think Youtube not NBC, blog post not a WallStreet Journal article. I am not disconnecting my TV or cancelling my newspaper subscription. But when I need to sell some surplus stuff I go on Craiglist or Kijiji not the classifieds in my local newspaper. I do get most of my current technical information from blogs not industry rags the way I used to only a couple years ago. When it came time for Schwartz to quit, he tweeted <140 characters where his predecessor sent an pretty lengthy email. TO me, that is a startling example of just how much things have changed. Vihka, thanks for the comment. I am actually in 100% agreement with you that the message and the media have to fit the audience. On ChannelDB2.com we know our audience well well. We try to reach technical professionals who are passionate about technology. The same goes for our Twitter and blogging. In general C-level execs are not much interested in downloading or having some hands on time with our products. IBM TV was meant for an entirely different audience i.e. decision makers, strategists etc. What I do have a problem with is when some of the marketing professionals take corporate directives a little too literally and try to get technical audience deliverables channelled through outlets like IBM TV.
The point of my post is a simple one. This is the age of Twitter. Adjust and adopt your strategies to leverage social media. With it you have to learn to use social media, you have to learn to use it effectively. You are now getting to a much broader audience and people who are used to “less produced” content. Drop the big words … as a matter of fact, don’t even worry about correcting spelling mistakes. Engage with people on the content not the form. Think Youtube not NBC, blog post not a WallStreet Journal article. I am not disconnecting my TV or cancelling my newspaper subscription. But when I need to sell some surplus stuff I go on Craiglist or Kijiji not the classifieds in my local newspaper. I do get most of my current technical information from blogs not industry rags the way I used to only a couple years ago. When it came time for Schwartz to quit, he tweeted <140 characters where his predecessor sent an pretty lengthy email. TO me, that is a startling example of just how much things have changed.


]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/02/05/jonathan-schwartz-resigns-a-sun-ceo-with-a-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6303 Comment on Jonathan Schwartz resigns as SUN CEO with a tweet by Vlhka Pica http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/RGNx_WK8-MM/ Vlhka Pica Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:34:10 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1108#comment-6298 Dont blame IBM TV. Its targeted at different people. Company leaders needs to make strategic decisions and these are usually not made just for technical reasons. They needs long term vision where to go. I am company owner and i like IBM TV a lot. Its valuable information and i am trying to understand why should i want to do something. Marketing should not be synonym for lies and i dont make deals with companies which says lies about their products or competitors. I also know some people (not ibm) who speaks in ibm tv and they are not telling lies because they told me same experience when we met on IOD. Dont blame IBM TV. Its targeted at different people. Company leaders needs to make strategic decisions and these are usually not made just for technical reasons. They needs long term vision where to go.

I am company owner and i like IBM TV a lot. Its valuable information and i am trying to understand why should i want to do something.

Marketing should not be synonym for lies and i dont make deals with companies which says lies about their products or competitors. I also know some people (not ibm) who speaks in ibm tv and they are not telling lies because they told me same experience when we met on IOD.


]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/02/05/jonathan-schwartz-resigns-a-sun-ceo-with-a-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6298 Comment on DB2 on Rails is now faster and more secure with parametrized query support by grant hutchison http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/Ml92JlpFCBg/ grant hutchison Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:33:24 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1102#comment-6025 Great news Leon. Nice article Antonio, I'm glad to see Snow Leopard examples, I'll give it a try over the next few days. cheers, Great news Leon.

Nice article Antonio, I’m glad to see Snow Leopard examples, I’ll give it a try over the next few days.

cheers,


]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/01/22/db2-on-rails-is-now-faster-and-more-secure-with-parametrized-query-support/comment-page-1/#comment-6025 Comment on The Article every DBA should forward to SQL developers by DB2 delivers better support for Ruby on Rails | FreeDB2.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/g8VxFU7tilk/ DB2 delivers better support for Ruby on Rails | FreeDB2.com Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:26:33 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=738#comment-6013 [...] on Rails is now faster and more secure with parametrized query support Not too long ago, I blogged about importance of getting developers to code parametrized queries  instead of using literal [...] [...] on Rails is now faster and more secure with parametrized query support Not too long ago, I blogged about importance of getting developers to code parametrized queries  instead of using literal [...]


]]> http://freedb2.com/2009/09/08/the-article-every-dba-should-forward-to-sql-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-6013 Comment on All the IT that a small business or a branch office needs by A free book for a free database | FreeDB2.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForFreedb2com/~3/bTz0Mb3-Hg0/ A free book for a free database | FreeDB2.com Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:45:06 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1072#comment-6004 [...] All the IT that a small business or a branch office needs [...] [...] All the IT that a small business or a branch office needs [...]


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