Here is number 5 in my series of six podcasts from last week's
MySQL conference and expo.
Just after lunch on Tuesday, I was able to corner Brian Aker, former CTO of
MySQL, introduce myself and ask him if he was up for a
podcast. Without any convincing or arm twisting he happily
agreed. :)
My interview with Brian (9:18) Listen (Mp3) Listen (ogg)
Brian's lenses adapt to match the art around him.
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Last week at the MySQL conference and expo in Santa Clara, I was
able to grab some time with Baron Schwartz, the man behind
innotop and Maatkit
(formerly known as Prince MySQL Toolkit). Baron was also
one of the three winners of the Community Code Contributor of the
year award.
My interview with Baron (11:39) Listen (Mp3) …
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Last time I interviewed Zack it was the
day that MySQL officially became a part of Sun Microsystems and
it was over the phone. Last week however we were both at
the MySQL conference and got meet face to
face. Here is the resulting interview, enjoy!
My interview with Zack (9:24) Listen (Mp3) Listen (ogg)
Zack's …
Last Tuesday when I was walking the show floor at the MySQL conference, I ran into a familiar name, Jennifer Venable. I had never met Jennifer before but we had traded mails and had spoken on the phone. This was about 18 months ago when we were negotiating the renewal of Sun's contract as an Authorized Distributor of Red Hat. At that time, Jennifer was the Red Hat lawyer working on the contract.
Well since that time Jennifer has escaped from the Red Hat legal ranks and has joined the business side where, as of a couple of months ago, she took over as head of the Red Hat Exchange.
Take a listen.
My interview with Jennifer (12:25) Listen ( …
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At the end of the first day of the MySQL conference and expo I caught up with
Marten Mickos former MySQL CEO and current Sun
Database SVP. Marten was in high spirits and eloquent
as always.
My interview with Marten (10:29) Listen (Mp3) Listen (ogg)
Marten worked the floor like the consummate host he
is.
Some of the topics we tackle:
I was able to catch up with Mr. Bono Jacon Jono Bacon, Ubuntu community manager, not long after he and his miscreant buddies that call themselves "LugRadio" had hosted their very first "Rock Conference" in the U.S aka LugRadio Live USA 2008
My interview with Jono (12:53) Listen (Mp3) Listen (ogg)
(a bit of background noise from tech-hooligans for the first
couple minutes but then it goes away)
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You've got to respect any individual willing to kick off a presentation with a impression of Kermit the frog. And not just an impression but a rendition of Kermit singing the rainbow connection. Well Ben Klemens, tasked with leading the Free Software Foundation's End Software Patents campaign, is just such an individual (the point? Kermit lied. There aren't so many songs about rainbows).
I was able to grab Ben after his talk at the Free Software …
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Yesterday I chatted with Jay Pipes at his home in the Buckeye
State. Jay is the North American community manager for
MySQL and very recent Sun employee. We chatted about whats
up in the world of MySQL and all about the MySQL Conference thats
coming up in 10 days (April 14-16, in Santa Clara).
My interview with Jay (10:01) Listen (Mp3) Listen (ogg)
Photo by Sebastian Bergmann
Sun Microsystems recently announced the purchase of MySQL. In this interview the day of the announcement, OurSQL asks Brian Aker about what this means for customers, community, Sun and MySQL.
Tell us what you think of Sun buying MySQL by calling the comment line or sending your voice through Odeo!
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