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Go team! “I love it when a plan comes together…”

GET! ME! OUTTA! HERE! NOW!

Via Dowbrigade.

Ok, I broke my Web server and I didn’t even notice. I broke it so badly that when it re-started, it didn’t even create an access_log. I noticed it a few minutes ago, switched over to my backup Web machine, fixed the problem, and re-launched the primary Web server.
What did I do? I removed the default cURL RPM that came with FC3 and replaced it with cURL compiled from source.
Unfortunately, PHP couldn’t find libcurl.
I am amazed the server was still running in any form.
Off to run some more tests…UGH.

The Bullfighters at work.

Press Release
Source: SAP AG
SAP Launches More Than 100 Industry-specific Analytic Applications
Tuesday April 26, 4:00 am ET
SAP(R) Analytics Deliver on Enterprise Services Architecture Commitment COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP – News) today unveiled more than 100 industry-specific analytic applications that empower users with innovative new ways to drive core processes and business decisions based on actionable business insight. SAP® Analytics are a new breed of model-driven composite applications that change the analytic application playing field across more than 25 industries. By merging data from SAP and non-SAP applications with business intelligence queries, SAP Analytics eliminate disparate islands of data and seamlessly combine transactional, analytic and collaborative steps across multiple business functions, departments and even organizational boundaries. The announcement was made at SAPPHIRE® ’05, SAP’s international customer conference, being held in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 26-28.

I need to drive those core processes using model-driven composite applications!
Yeaaaaarrrgh! Brain! Hurts! Must! Flee!

Shaheen promises restructuring, refocusing at Siebel.
Gee…surprised?
the reference in the title is from this post.

Jeff Nolan goes even more hardcore than I do on Siebel!

Om Malik points out a potential threat to blogs: OSX 10.4 “Tiger”. The new Safari that ships with this OS comes with the RSS reader turned on by default!

That upgrade while great for the consumers, could come as a big shocker for those blogs whose feeds are included as part of SafariÂ’s default starter package. Infact it could be the biggest stress test for RSS thus far!
Most RSS readers are set to poll for updates every hour, and imagine when half-a-million Tiger Safari users who start hitting a server at the same time, pulling down RSS updates, because they have not changed the default settings. Server meltdown? Or an unintended denial of service? Apple says that most of the default feeds are going to be major news sites like CNN. New York Times, and LA Times. At this time they are not including any personal blogs as part of the default list. Even for them it is not going to be easy.

As a Web performance geek, I ask you: do you measure and monitor the performance and availability of your blog infrastructure?
Didn’t think so….
Enjoy the Weekend!

192 years ago, the newly United States invaded Canada.
We turned around and burned the White House down.
Thanks Andrew!

David Weinberger does a mashup on the two big stories out of Redmond this week.
I laughed out loud when I read the title…

Trendmap for Stephen Pierzchala

I am so boring….

Hmmm…looks like Siebel may be in even more trouble! Wow! Shock and amazement! [here]
Stockholders want to drive the value of this turkey up through buybacks, and a group of large shareholders has posted FOR SALE signs in front of the headquarters.
Psssst! Hey buddy! Want to buy a bloated, arrogant and poorly managed company in an industry noted for not providing business value?
More on how I feel here and here and here and here.

Ok, now BusinessWeek has found this story…a week later.
Eventually, MSM will be near-time, not historical.