Daily Archives: April 19, 2011

New: PyMQI v1.2 – Python interface to WebSphere MQ

PyMQI allows users to connect Python applications to WebSphere MQ queue managers. It can be used to develop test harnesses for WebSphere MQ based systems, for rapid prototyping of WebSphere MQ applications, for development of administrative GUIs or for mainstream MQ application development. PyMQI has been used in production environments for several years on Linux, […]

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Oracle drops OpenOffice

Oracle is dropping OpenOffice and returning it to a community-based open source project. Oracle will no longer offer a commercial version of Open Office. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars Interesting. Oracle won the battle for OpenOffice but lost the war and now concedes defeat. It was a nice David and Goliath story. It is good to see David win […]

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