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Bob Dylan

Got to happen sooner or later and he's looking a bit peaky these days.

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• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan
• Bob in the Victoria's Secrets advert (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq7W7icd-Fc

MySQL AB

It’s been in the news for a few days: two of the MySQL execs, Martin Mickos and Monty Widenus, are leaving Sun Microsystems, Sun having bought and absorbed MySQL AB.

It’s a well-known joke that being bought-out by Sun is the kiss of death. So what happens to MySQL now, and what happens in the open-source database space?

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• Mysql.com: http://www.mysql.com/
• Zetetic: http://www.zetetic.net/blog/2009/02/10/the-state-of-mysql-the-elephant-in-the-room

Myspace

"News Corp reported a 16 percent decline in ad revenue within its Fox Interactive Media (FIM) subsidiary, which includes MySpace."

With increasing competition and no obvious innovation of their own, is this the beginning of the end of Myspace? Or is it the middle of the end?

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• Clickz: http://www.clickz.com/3633666
• WSJ: Worst is over: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124164072383592755.html

Eric S. Raymond

... personalities that no longer matter ...

• ELER: http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond
• Homepage: http://catb.org/esr/
• ESR Blog: http://esr.ibiblio.org/