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Unison File Synchronizer
Jul 13th
Several years ago I had the need of keep in sync three computers. After some questions on a java mailing list, a very smart guy suggested me Unison.
Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.
Unison shares a number of features with tools such as configuration management packages (CVS, PRCS, Subversion, BitKeeper, etc.), distributed filesystems (Coda, etc.), uni-directional More >
The destiny of MySQL?
Apr 21st
Slashdot underlines there are too much forks of MySQL on the way.
After leaving MySQL, Michael “Monty” Widenius started its own code fork, backed up with a company.
The nerds think the destiny of MySQL is unclear, but it is still too early to get a clear vision.
After acquisition of Sun by Oracle, it is difficult to see a future for MySQL. Oracle has already a “non-commercial” developer-based license of Oracle, and there will be little interest in maintaining a competitor. The two forks above was an early signs of “brains escape” from MySQL.
Anyway, we will go forward to see what will More >
Producing Open Source Software
Apr 17th
Some times ago I have the lucky to read “Producing Open Source Software“:
[...] a book about the human side of open source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free software. The book is released under an open copyright: it is available in bookstores and from the publisher (O’Reilly Media), or you can browse or download it [...]
Valuable parts, which we suggest to read:
Open source is a value, especially here in Italy, where the small consulting firms have no time/ no hope of developing strong commercial reality.
Open source More >
About the Gioorgi KnowledgeBase
Apr 10th
The Gioorgi.com’s Knowledge Base is a new service provided to readers.
The Knowledge base arranges tips & tricks scattered on the web, and based on the Giovanni Giorgi’s IT consulting experience.
The information are mostly based on open source technology, but also commercial products are described. Albeit knowledge base born as a small random “basket for notes”, it is an ideal place for comments, discussions on arguments and so on.
For this reason knowledge base articles are small, and can skip front page: they are an hidden treasure for your reference :)
Selling software which is of some value
Nov 17th
At Gioorgi.com, after working with a lot with software for over twenty years, we have envisioned a clear idea about open source. This is the second article of a series tagged “opensource”: the previous one is Open Source for the infrastructure; in such article we started to do some tiny consideration of the destiny of big closed huge framework. Things are getting bigger and bigger, and maintaining big code library is a high cost for software house
In the 2008, when I look at software I ask only a thing: to be simple. Embarrassingly simple. The success of Mac stuff (like ipods, macosx and More >
Mantis bug tracking tool 1
Nov 13th
In the previous article we introduced the reader to the bug tracking tools.
In this article we will analyze Mantis, an open source bug tracking tool It is very important to stress you are going to use much more time to set up an open source bug tracking tool. A fraction of this time is for setting it up, but the vast majority of your time will be spent setting it up, customizing it and recovering information on it.
Open Source for the Infrastructure
Nov 10th
At Gioorgi.com, after working with a lot with software for over twenty years, we have envisioned a clear idea about open source. This is the first article of a series tagged “opensource”: let’s start!
Richard Stallman Vision, based on GNU open source idea, is too radical from our point of view.
Stallman GNU License is based on a “copyleft” idea, which gives everyone the freedom to look at others’work, without taking credits for it. The license vision is very strict, so consulting is the natural option for an IT business based on GNU software, which is drived by Univestities, because of its basic freedom statement. Closed More >
Why Open Source is important?
Jan 1st
Hi readers, with the beginning of 2008, ObjectsRoot.com will change a bit its face.
First of all, all Italian article will be moved to the new “vamp” site, thinked as a news site.
Objectsroot will focus on IT Business and it will host only english content: IT article will remain here, at least for a while.
ObjectsRoot.com will focus on publishing and advanced web services for our customers.I have done some deep consideration on Open Source Software and I will summarize them here.
From the beginning of my Univesity studies, GNU software helped me to grow in my competence. Linux was far more advanced More >
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