Monthly Archives: February 2009

I always thought I had a decent memory, well, besides names -  I have very hard time remembering names and also mix similar names all the time.    It is funny however how memory plays if amount of issues you’ve … Continue reading →

I’ve run into this post recently and it  really well resonates with what I was thinking a lot recently.   The Open Source as a term became used for marketing for so many companies which have nothing to do with original … Continue reading →

Because of Budget crisis here in California we’re getting scary letters from the School District about nasty things to come, such as reoving sertain positions, less extra activities and potentially large classes. The district also takes a lot of other … Continue reading →

Shopping for Valentines Day Cards  the hardest thing is to find a card which you can actually write on.  Most cards sold in the stores have a stock poem or love story printed on it already.  Is it really romantic … Continue reading →

When I was working for MySQL some people liked to compare MySQL Support to insurance, say car insurance to be specific.  This makes a very good sales pitch because we all know you need to buy insurance in advance and … Continue reading →

Wikipedia is a great resourse for dads of curious kids.   My kid asks a lot of questions and he is interested in a lot of fronteer stuff  like  aero gels, plasma, fusion and space.   In the past times you would … Continue reading →

I’m hearing some people think we at Percona are in unfair competition with Sun/MySQL.   Indeed  Sun and MySQL invest millions in MySQL Development and we just take this result  extend it with few patches and provide our services around it.     … Continue reading →