PyCon: The Spam Continues ;-)
Dear python-dev: The current (as of even date) summary of my recent contributions to Python -dev appears to be spam about PyCon. Not being one to break habits, even not those of a lifetime sometimes, I spam you yet again to show you what a beautiful summary ActiveState have provided (I don't know whether this URL is cacheable or not): http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/ByAuthor/python-dev?author=cHlj... If I remember Trent Lott (?) described at an IPC the SQL Server database that drives this system, and it was a great example of open source technology driving a proprietary (but I expect (?) relatively portable) repository. Since I have your attention (and if I haven't then it really doesn't matter what I write hereafter, goodbye ...) I will also point out that the current top hit on Google for "Microsoft to Provide PyCon Opening Keynote" is [Python-Dev] Microsoft to Provide PyCon Opening Keynote by Steve Holden (you can repeat the search to see whether this assertion is true as you read this mail, and read the opening keynote announcement [I hope...]). Space at PyCon is again enlarged, but it certainly isn't infinite. I'd love to see it filled in my third and last year as chair. The program committee have worked incredibly hard to make sure we all have to choose between far more technical content than a single individual can possibly take in on their own. They [disclaimer: I was program chair, but this should be kudos for the committee membership - without whom this conference would have failed in many dimensions] they have succeeded so well we all, I hope, have to agonize between two sumptuous but equidistant technical bales of hay. Only by providing such rich choice can we ensure that an even broader community forms around Python, with free interchange between the technical communities of the proprietary and open source worlds, and equitable participation in the benefit. Sorry I haven't made many CVS contributions lately. We really should be showcasing more Python technologies via www.python.org. targeted-marketing-to-talented-professionals-ly y'rs - steve -- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming http://pydish.holdenweb.com/ Holden Web LLC +1 703 861 4237 +1 800 494 3119
Steve Holden wrote: [some things followed by]
If I remember Trent Lott (?) described at an IPC the SQL Server database that drives this system, and it was a great example of open source technology driving a proprietary (but I expect (?) relatively portable) repository.
Please forgive me for this not-so-talented Transatlantic confusion, since I mistook one famous name for another. I did of course mean Trent Mick at ActiveState. Apologies for the confusion. regards Steve -- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming http://pydish.holdenweb.com/ Holden Web LLC +1 703 861 4237 +1 800 494 3119
Steve Holden wrote:
Dear python-dev:
The current (as of even date) summary of my recent contributions to Python -dev appears to be spam about PyCon.
Not being one to break habits, even not those of a lifetime sometimes, I spam you yet again to show you what a beautiful summary ActiveState have provided (I don't know whether this URL is cacheable or not):
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/ByAuthor/python-dev?author=cHlj...
Yup, we try to make all our URLs portable and persistent.
If I remember Trent Lott (?)
Nah, that's a US politician. T'was Trent Mick.
described at an IPC the SQL Server database that drives this system, and it was a great example of open source technology driving a proprietary (but I expect (?) relatively portable) repository.
Modulo some SQLServer features we're using.
Since I have your attention (and if I haven't then it really doesn't matter what I write hereafter, goodbye ...) I will also point out that the current top hit on Google for
"Microsoft to Provide PyCon Opening Keynote"
What a bizarre search. (note that some of your To's and Cc's were pretty strange... --david
David Ascher wrote:
Steve Holden wrote:
Dear python-dev:
The current (as of even date) summary of my recent contributions to Python -dev appears to be spam about PyCon.
Not being one to break habits, even not those of a lifetime sometimes, I spam you yet again to show you what a beautiful summary ActiveState have provided (I don't know whether this URL is cacheable or not):
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/ByAuthor/python-dev?author=cHlj...
Yup, we try to make all our URLs portable and persistent.
Good for you.
If I remember Trent Lott (?)
Nah, that's a US politician. T'was Trent Mick.
Indeed, and already corrected.
described at an IPC the SQL Server database that drives this system, and it was a great example of open source technology driving a proprietary (but I expect (?) relatively portable) repository.
Modulo some SQLServer features we're using.
Well free-text indexing would be my first guess. Anything else of interest? MySQL's free text indexing really sucks compared with SQL Server's, which to my mind is a good justification for the Microsoft product.
Since I have your attention (and if I haven't then it really doesn't matter what I write hereafter, goodbye ...) I will also point out that the current top hit on Google for
"Microsoft to Provide PyCon Opening Keynote"
What a bizarre search.
Oh, no, people run that search all the time :-) It's actually hit #3 for "Microsoft PyCon" as well, so I guess that's not too bad.
(note that some of your To's and Cc's were pretty strange...
Hmm, yes, I cringed when I got the bounces. That information didn't belong there. If only there were a way to take emails back ... regards Steve -- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming http://pydish.holdenweb.com/ Holden Web LLC +1 703 861 4237 +1 800 494 3119
Steve Holden wrote:
Modulo some SQLServer features we're using.
Well free-text indexing would be my first guess. Anything else of interest? MySQL's free text indexing really sucks compared with SQL Server's, which to my mind is a good justification for the Microsoft product.
Freetext search is one of them, but there may be others (I think there are some stored procedure in some MS language). I'm hardly a SQL expert, or an expert on our ASPN infrastructure. --david
On Jan 25, 2005, at 12:29, David Ascher wrote:
Steve Holden wrote:
Modulo some SQLServer features we're using.
Well free-text indexing would be my first guess. Anything else of interest? MySQL's free text indexing really sucks compared with SQL Server's, which to my mind is a good justification for the Microsoft product.
Freetext search is one of them, but there may be others (I think there are some stored procedure in some MS language). I'm hardly a SQL expert, or an expert on our ASPN infrastructure.
There is OpenFTS http://openfts.sourceforge.net/ for PostgreSQL http://postgresql.org. I'm not sure how it compares to SQL Server's or MySQL's, but it's been around a while so I expect it's pretty decent. -bob
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/ByAuthor/python-dev?author=cHlj...Huh? I get a mostly blank page. Perhaps there are no authors by thatname.tjr
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