The H Week - MySQL, Nagios, Linux and Ceph

The H week just gone has included the rise and fall of MySQL, the future for Nagios, the end of Firefox for Windows Mobile, the addition of the Ceph file system to Linux, maturing open source, DNS and SSL security issues, a scatological description of open source and much more.

Featured

In The H's featured content this week, we looked at the rise and fall of MySQL, talked with Nagios creator Ethan Galsted and the Kernel Log examined the addition of the Ceph file system to Linux. The H's Community Calendar for April, covering events of interest for the open source and development community in the UK, was published.

• Free software's second era: The rise and fall of MySQL
• Kernel Log: Ceph file system in 2.6.34, kernel and KVM presentations at the CLT2010
• Interview: Ethan Galstad - The Nagios future
• The H Community Calendar - April 2010

Open source

Hedge fund Elliot Associates bid for Novell was rebuffed and Mozilla dropped development of Firefox for Windows Mobile. Server agnostic JavaScript framework SproutCore reached version 1.0 and Amazon introduced a Java library for applications to work with its web services. FreeBSD 7.3 was released, Magnolia's CMS got support for the Groovy language and the CEO of Parallels apologised for his scatological and negative description of open source.

• Novell rejects Elliott Associates' "inadequate" bid
• Mozilla abandons Windows Mobile
• JavaScript application framework SproutCore 1.0 arrives
• EclipseCon 2010: Amazon introduces Java SDK for web services
• FreeBSD 7.3 released
• Magnolia CMS 4.3 gets Groovy
• Parallels CEO complains about open source
• Parallels CEO backs down

Open source releases

• Redis author releases Linenoise for line editing everywhere
• Tiny Core Linux 2.10 released
• Parted Magic 4.9 arrives
• New Python versions released
• KOffice 2.2 Beta 1 released
• XtreemOS 2.1: Linux for the Grid
• Berkeley DB gains a SQL API
• New Widgets for JQueryUI
• MongoBD 1.4 "Ready for production"
  

Security

A security hole found in Firefox 3.6 saw a fix released ahead of schedule, the Mariposa malware was found on more Vodafone Android phones and the iPhone, IE8, Firefox and Safari all fell to attacks at Pwn2Own 2010. Google released a web security scanner, DNSSEC began deployment on root servers and the EFF asked if SSL was really secure.

• Security hole fixed in Firefox 3.6
• Pwn2Own 2010: iPhone hacked - as well as IE 8, Firefox and Safari
• Google releases web security scanner
• Mariposa virus back on Vodafone Android smartphones
• More security for root DNS servers
• EFF casts doubt on security of SSL against eavesdropping

Security Alerts

• Large patch day for Cisco admins
• Firefox 3.6.2 closes critical security hole
• Broadcom NetXtreme network cards vulnerable
  

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