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The node.js demographic
I went to the node.js meetup last night in Palo Alto, and it was an interesting affair on several levels. First (and least surprisingly), it was packed, with the Sencha folks joking that they would need to move to a bigger space just to be able to host the event. Second, the technical content itself [...]
OpenSolaris and the power to fork
Back when Solaris was initially open sourced, there was a conscious effort to be mindful of the experiences of other projects. In particular — even though it was somewhat of a paradox — it was understood how important it was for the community to have the power to fork the operating system. As I wrote [...]
Hello Joyent!
As I mentioned in my farewell to Sun, I am excited by the future; as you may have seen, that future is joining Joyent as their VP of Engineering. So, why Joyent? I have known Joyeurs like Jason, Dave, Mark and Ben since back when the “cloud” was still just something that you drew up [...]