The state of open source on the Microsoft stack.
This is like the state of the union address, except in mid march, and the only thing Im president of is my current residence. If you have ever studied…
Things I Learned About Last Week
Last week was the crucial week on my current Lucene -> Solr conversion project for making our goals. A lot of work the previous couple of weeks came together. I…
Will FOSS Damages Finding Spook Government Agencies?
Last week, the U.S. Federal District Court of Northern California found a software developer liable for unattributed use of a Java Model Railroad Interface. The lack of attribution,…
Microsoft Abandons FAST On Linux and Unix and Opens the Door For Solr
Today, Microsoft announced that it was abandoning development of the FAST search engine for Linux and Unix. Given that Microsoft paid $1.2 billion for FAST, the move is an…
Working with Groovy and Grails: The Funnies!
1. Documentation Have you ever wished that you could take Google with you on the road when you dont have access to the INTRANET? or at least the documentation…
Notes from using LucidWorks for Solr Distro
Ive been playing with the LucidWorks for Solr distribution of Solr 1.4, and wanted to share some of things I had noticed about it. The LucidWorks distro is Solr…
Erik Hatcher, Solr Committer, reviews Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server
When I first got involved in writing Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server I knew that one of the folks I wanted to have review the book was Erik Hatcher,…
The White House’s Open Government Directive: Still a Long Way From Reality
On December 8, 2009, the Executive Office of the President of the United States issued a memorandum providing guidance and directives for implementing the Open Government policy. While the…
Streaming Index Progress Results to Browser
I recently needed to index from a local filesystem several thousand static webpages into Solr. I was already using Ruby on Rails for the admin interface, so I quickly…
A Random Walk Down Web Street: Can We Predict Trends for 2010?
The exponential growth of technology makes me think of Burton Malkiels book A Random Walk Down Wall Street, whose main thesis was that the average investor cannot beat the…
OSC Appearances in December, 2009
Here are the places where you can find OpenSource Connections in the next month: December 3: Company of Friends holiday party, Siips Wine Bar December 7: Charlottesville Social Media…
Software Estimation: The Cone of Uncertainty vs The Wormhole of Reality
Earlier this year in my MSMIT classes at UVa, we talked about software estimation techniques, which was a very interesting topic. One thing we talked about was the “Cone…