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SVr5?

Randy Bowen — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:49:11 +0000

With Oracle now in control of Solaris, can we expect to see SVr5 anytime soon? I believe it is going to happen as sure as the Sun is going to come up tomorrow… The new shift in OS ownership will not be the sole reason for the new revision, but definitely a contributing factor. Other factors contributing to the new rev would include “cloud computing”, mobile computing, and the technology that allows us to connect and control one with the other.

The most prevalent use of the cloud, in my opinion, is the suite of tools offer by Google commonly referred to as “Google Apps”. I understand “The Cloud” has been around and in use for several years, but not by the normal user. Google did a phenomenal job of placing the tools that everybody needs and uses every day, in a place that we can all get to it, securely, and for free.

Apple gave us the iPhone years ago, and continue to this day to reinvent themselves and their devices to enhance the convenience of using the cloud. Services like “App Store” (there’s that App word again) literally changed our way of thinking. We went from a one-size-fits-all mental block, to a made-just-for-me freedom of thought… overnight.

So how is Oracle a factor? Like most enterprise-scale IT operations, Google and Apple are managed and administered on a Solaris-based platform with the Oracle application running on top of it. As we all know, to make an app run faster, we need to make it run more efficiently. One real good way to make an app more efficient is to incorporate it directly into the OS, and make it an actual element of the OS and no longer just an application.

With Oracle in control of Solaris, I see it becoming a part of the OS without question. Why wouldn’t it? I believe just this past week that they clocked the highest processing speeds ever recorded on a Solaris box running Oracle. I’m sure they will keep the OS dynamic, have one version of the software, but have applications activated based on the license purchased, just like the App Store.

Back to SVr5… The World needs faster databases, Oracle is databases, the World needs a faster Oracle. Oracle becomes a part of the Solaris OS, Oracle runs fastest on Solaris, the World needs Solaris. Solaris Monopolizes the OS Market, thereby making Sun hardware the hardware of choice. Thereby making Oracle (new owner of Sun) “Master Blaster” of Dune Town…

The main reason SVr4 was created in the first place was because there was a threat to the UNIX world by a little man by the name of Bill Gates and his non-proprietery software called “Windows”. In order to fight off this new threat – IBM, Sun, ATT, XEROX, HPUX – worked together and came up with an OS to run across all systems, with a common desktop environment, thus SVr4 and CDE were born.

I see the same thing happening again, only with Oracle. I believe there will be an OS monopoly in the IT industry, and it will be here sooner than you think. With everything moving to 64 bit processors, the usefulness of Linux is somewhat gone. And with AIX and HPUX out of the competition, who is left to compete? Microsoft?

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Oracle Solaris?

Randy Bowen — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:13:14 +0000

Wow, what a slap in the face… I used to teach for SunEd (Sun Microsystems Education) back in the late 90′s and when you said Oracle, you meant data base, and that’s it. The Enterprise solution back then was known as VOS – Veritas/Oracle/Solaris… Now I think Oracle owns them all.

It’s bad enough to have the data-base that you’ve protected and provided network access for since day-1 to buy you out, but to defile the name Solaris buy placing Oracle in front of it is a little much I think. I can’t see this being a resume’ highlight for Sun…

They are even getting rid of key tools and free resources that engineers have been using for years. Why? Because they want to charge you for them silly… They are even getting rid of the BigAdmin website that engineers for Sun, with Sun, and at Sun have been building and using for over ten years that I know of…

It’s a garage sale from where I’m standing. Looking back, I was a little bit curious as to why the new CEO of Sun Microsystems changed the stock symbol from SUNW to JAVA a couple years back. Maybe he had this little buyout (sellout) deal all arranged from the get go. Hmmm… buying a big business and selling off its pieces for a profit…

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The Elements

Randy Bowen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:58:05 +0000

Ten years ago, to run a business on the “Net” you need to have some basic things like a template website, community email, and a cell phone if you’re hip. Now our websites need encryption, our email needs to be personalized and our smartphones open our garage doors and file our taxes. I think the means of doing business got a little inflated in the IT world. To get back to basics, i believe there are only 4 things you need to run a business on the net with your own personalized domain name.

- A registrar
- Google
- WordPress
- Social Networking

Any one of the hundreds of registry agents will do. I like GKG.net for a number of reasons that I’ll get into later if you wish. Google Docs gives you email, calendar with scheduling, online doc storage, website storage and development, video hosting, traffic analytics… almost everything you need from an engineering point of view.

WordPress serves more as a marketing tool with it’s blogging features and StudioPress upgrade. WordPress is key if you are to do anything in any social network. Not only to you get to enhance your own website by making it dynamic, but you can configure WordPress to update your facebook, LinkedIn, twitter, and Yahoo! Updates pages. It’s like publishing 5 websites in one! Add in linking back to your site and you’re done.

Many people ask me which social network is best to create a profile in. For business, I say all. Create a profile that is not too in depth and provide a link to your own main website for further information. Set them all up to receive your blog feeds from your WordPress account and then you can submit to all the sites daily with just one blog.

What do you use to get your business going?

Is VMware the Solution?

Randy Bowen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:53:17 +0000

One of the first tasks I have as Director of IT is to optimize the use of the current resources without spending any money on equipment and licenses. The solution, VMware ESXi. For those of you stuck in the 90′s, VMware is the leading software solution for creating and managing virtual machines.

Virtual Machines allow multiple servers to reside on one host system. Normally, VMware is installed on top of a host OS. That is not the case with the new ESXi version of the software, it is installed directly onto the hardware. You heard me, no need for an OS. The software is administered through a menu driven interface that I imagine is similar to that of the intel BIOS.

Grand Re-Opening!

Randy Bowen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:40:02 +0000

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