IBM DB2 has a free version too!

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Jan 312006
 

Microsoft released SQL Server 2005 Express, Oracle released Oracle Express Edition (XE) and now IBM is releasing DB2 Express-C for free. IBM knows it has to give us more than the competition, so their free version will use a second processor and there are no disk-usage limits. The only limit is the 4GB memory usage (Microsoft and Oracle will only use 1GByte). Oracle XE is still in beta, so I guess IBM’s move will have to trigger some changes?

You can read more, or download DB2 Express-C here. It is based on Universal DB 8.2.

 Posted by at 00:40

Scheduler package

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Jan 312006
 

Oracle 10g has a new feature, the scheduler. It’s the matured version of DBMS_JOBS. What I just found out, is that Oracle XE (I installed beta 2) contains this scheduler as well. I found that a nice surprise. A job scheduler probably would fit in 4GB of userdata, and for smaller to mid-sized installations running the back-end database on one CPU would not be a problem. One could install a multi-processor system so, that Oracle XE runs on one CPU, and the processes started by the scheduler on (one of the) other(s). Developing this job-scheduler (as an alternative front-end to Oracle Enterprise Manager, with more features of course) in JDeveloper 10.1.3 and you have yourselves a platform independent job-scheduler. And scalable to your likings.

Please credit this blogentry if you build such a program (in Help->About) (-;

 Posted by at 00:23

JDeveloper 10.1.3 (production) release

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Jan 292006
 

Oracle finally released JDeveloper 10.1.3 as a production release. The build number is 3673. The Studio download includes Oracle ADF. You can check here which version you need.

And while you’re at it: Oracle AS 10g R3 (10.1.3) is available too. Here.

 Posted by at 20:00

NIC busted

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Jan 292006
 

Sorry about the server downtime: the NIC was dead. Windows started in safe mode, but not in safe mode with networking, so the problem was easily found. Replacing the NIC was a little pain, since putting the same NIC (but a spare one) into the same PCI slot was not enough for windows to recognize it as a new NIC. So I put it in a slot below, and things where up and running again.

 Posted by at 10:32

Raptor EA 3 (v897)

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Jan 262006
 

I was going to write about this last night, but Oracle’s Raptor pages where not updated yet to show the change from 2 to 3, so I waited until this morning. Their pages are up-to-date now, so get Raport EA 3 here. The pages include links to the pricing FAQ, which can be a bit misleading. On the mainpage Oracle says: Raptor will be free if you already own an Oracle license. On the FAQ pages they say: Raptor EA is free, Raptor production will be free. But no reference to any other license you need to have.

 Posted by at 07:38

Microsoft after Macromedia?

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Jan 252006
 

Microsoft has released Expression Interaction Designer (“Sparkle”) and Expression Graphic Designer (“Acrylic”) as CTPs. Both are based on Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF or “Avalon”) and the products are supposed to enter the market Macromedia (Adobe) Flash is in. Whether Sparkle and Acrylic will be Flash killers remains to be seen, but it sure makes the market a lot more interesting.

 Posted by at 07:39

Netbeans 5.0 RC2

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Jan 202006
 

On the heels of RC1, Netbeans 5.0 RC2 has been released today. And if you’re into Java, you’ll like Netbeans 5, since it includes the Matisse GUI builder, something that every visual IDE should have. Have a look at this flashdemo to see what I mean. For more info about Netbeans 5.0, go here. There you’ll learn that the final release is very close.

 Posted by at 00:10

Ex

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Jan 192006
 

Some people are reaching this weblog by searching for the name of my ex. So I changed the posts that would have been found to only include her initial(s) instead of her full name.

Update: some other names changed too.

 Posted by at 16:33

Propagated

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Jan 112006
 

I’m creating this message at work, so that means the DNS change has been propagated. TweakDSL tells their clients that they can mark their (dynamically allocated) IP-address as dedicated to them via their customer menu. No such luck, but after calling their helpdesk, they would arrange it for me. To my surprise, that meant an unannounced change of IP-address. That’s why it took so long to be up and running again, but it seems all is stable now. Pffff…

 Posted by at 10:12
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