Recently in Computer Interest: Unix Category

This is a book that is about right now. It plays out the tension and intersection of privacy versus safety in the after math of a terrorist incident in the SF Bay Area. The book will probably seem dated pretty quick since the technology and lingo are so current, but the story is still great. This book marks a turning point in Cory Doctorows writing. This book is a real turning point for the author, Cory Doctorow. Previous works like "Eastern Standard Tribe" or "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom", or even a novella I truly loved "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" were good reads but it wasn't something I would try and get friends who weren't sci-fi/cyberpunk fans to check out and read. This book changes all that - I know I'll probably mail my copy off to my nephew to read. If you are too cheap to get the book, the txt download will be posted soon I'm sure.

I was stunned to read that Sun bought MySQL AB for One Billion dollars.

Sun is one of my favorite technology companies. If faced with having to choose a commercial UNIX system I would choose Sun hands down. I love the tool set especially some of their latest hits like DTrace, Open Office and their T2 processors.

MySQL is hands down my favorite database to develop code with. It's fast, it's easy and it scales. I've worked with the software on both a free and commercial basis and I have been very happy with the product and the support offered by the company.

Why was the marriage so shocking? I simply can't believe the price tag. How will Sun recoup a billion dollars from this investment. It will take a lot of consulting and support contracts to return that much money to it's stock holders. I admit I'm happier than if a competitor had scooped them up and buried the product deep underground.

Who benefits most? I'm willing to bet Tim O'Reilly makes more money from this acquisition than Sun ever will. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

O.K. for some reason I forget how to do this.

cat -s file

sed '/^$/d' file

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