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Down on Dave Winer

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Michael Koby

I’m kind of new to the area of social media (this blog is almost 2) and I’ve really just started getting into personal branding, social networks, and life streaming on a grand scale. So I can understand if I missed something. Is there a particular reason everyone seems to gravitate towards insulting this man? I’m not trying to be an a**kisser, simply curious. Continue reading →

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Sun to Purchase MySQL

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Michael Koby

Sun acquiring MySQL is big deal for many reasons, but the biggest reason probably has to do with the fact that this brings global support to the database engine. MySQL, is hands down one of the most popular open source database engines on the market today. Some of the most popular websites in the world are based on it (Google & Facebook comes to mind). This acquisition is just what MySQL needed to goto the next level. I for one am glad to see this happen because it gives that extra bit credibility to the software that some executives needed in order to be able to place their faith in it. Continue reading →

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