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Message Broker v8 with MySQL

By Anton Piatek, on December 15th, 2011%

Now that you know that you can use Message Broker v8 on Ubuntu for development, you may be wondering if you can use some of the databases that are more common on Linux, such as MySQL. You can!

IBM WebSphere Message Broker now uses UnixODBC to connect to many databases. Though not supported by IBM, . . . → Read More: Message Broker v8 with MySQL

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WebSphere Message Broker on Ubuntu

By Anton Piatek, on December 14th, 2011%

WebSphere Message Broker v8 now supports Ubuntu for development systems (i.e. not production use) - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27023600#Ubuntu

I have been running MQ and Message Broker on Ubuntu and Debian since shortly after I joined IBM in 2005, and it seems there are lots of other people doing this too despite it not being a supported platform before . . . → Read More: WebSphere Message Broker on Ubuntu

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Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL

By Anton Piatek, on December 8th, 2011%

I have been flicking through the following FAQ on the GNU GPL: Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL – GNU Project – Free Software Foundation (FSF). I am trying to understand the risks that we are told about regularly in IBM of working with/on Open Source code.

I have to say that most of . . . → Read More: Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL

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Upgrading cyanogenmod

By Anton Piatek, on December 5th, 2011%

I previously wrote about rooting a HTC Desire and installing CyanogenMod 7. A month or so ago, a new CyanogenMod rom was released, and I finally found the time to upgrade it.

Of course I first did a full backup, as described in my previous post, using the recover mod.

I first tried updating the . . . → Read More: Upgrading cyanogenmod

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Guest presenting on the Ubuntu UK PodCast

By Anton Piatek, on September 28th, 2011%

I was a guest presenter on this weeks Ubuntu UK PodCast. I talked about Southackton, and IBM’s use of Ubuntu on the desktop. Listen to the podcast at http://t.co/vVL5M3YJ

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Rooting and upgrading a HTC Desire to android 2.3 (CyanogenMod 7)

By Anton Piatek, on June 23rd, 2011%

I started writing this as I was actually doing this to my phone. The problem I found with most existing instructions is they seem to slightly contradict other instructions you find. Many have steps which are not well laid out and often don’t give a reason for doing things which can be a bit annoying. Often the . . . → Read More: Rooting and upgrading a HTC Desire to android 2.3 (CyanogenMod 7)

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