Author Archives: Doug Porter

Oracle Acquires Innobase

Posted on October 10, 2005 by Doug Porter

Though it didn’t seem to get noticed much in the main technical press, the acquisition of Innobase by Oracle is big news in the open source database market. Many of you may recognize Innobase as the company that produced and … Continue reading →

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LANUG Meeting One Recap

Posted on October 3, 2005 by Doug Porter

The first meeting of LANUG (the moniker given to the Lower Alabama .Net Users Group) was a great success with around 27 in attendance. There were some new faces and quite a few friends and acquaintances I have met over … Continue reading →

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Lower Alabama .Net User Group Meeting One

Posted on September 25, 2005 by Doug Porter

From the reminder message I received————————————— The Lower Alabama Dot Net User Group’s first meeting is next Tuesday evening (September 27th) from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM CST. We are really excited to have Joe Healy come and talk to … Continue reading →

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DataWindow.Net 2.0 Sneak Peek Webcast

Posted on September 20, 2005 by Doug Porter

From the TeamSybase blog, there is a DataWindow.Net 2.0 sneak peek webcast happening on September 29, 2005. If you currently use the PowerBuilder DataWindow (or have used it in the past) and are interested in seeing how it fits into … Continue reading →

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OpenOffice Ready For Prime Time?

Posted on September 18, 2005 by Doug Porter

I have been using the latest builds of OpenOffice as they have become available over the past 9 months or so. I have to admit I am quite impressed with how mature this product has become. I would have to … Continue reading →

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