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Review of latest Intel gear reveals scalability differences between competing hardware and Open Source database platforms. The clear winners are PostgreSQL and Intel, with some interesting numbers from Niagara.
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“Australia and New Zealand should consider becoming one country, a bi-partisan Government committee has recommended.” — Aussie hospitality making it even easier to pick up the dole cheques
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Various bits of law WRT an .nz/.au merger have existed for a long time.
OTToMH .au’s contribution includes listing North Island as one state & South Island as another.
It’d answer conference location questions quickly: Q: is it in Australia? A: Yes, the skinny cold bit south-east of Sydney.
Also, we’d start getting decent ice-cream in the shops.
Speaking from NZ, when hell freezes over :). Seriously Aussies seem to be the only ppl who think this is a good idea…
No thanks, we are just happy with the North and South Islands
Apparently, the NZ end of the deal was instigated by NZ pollies.
Somehow, we (AU) managed to avoid becoming “West Island” in the process. Mind you, there are still maps around showing WA as “largely unexplored”. (-: