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PHP XML parsing bug – a workaround and a fix

by | Aug 5, 2009 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

One thing I didn’t find in my testing and change control was a PHP and XML parsing bug.

Documented in several places – libxml2 2.7.x and greater have a known issue.

One workaround is to force in libxml2 version 2.6.x

Not the most glamorous fix – but opensuse.org has the old libraries from openSUSE 11.0

The better (but more complex) fix is to upgrade PHP to 5.2.9 and libxml2 to 2.7.3

opensuse.org has the correct pieces from openSUSE 11.1

http://www.peteware.com/blog/2009/01/fixing-libxml2-php-wordpress-and-the-missing-angle-brackets/

http://www.peteware.com/blog/2008/12/wordpress-libxml2-bug/

http://josephscott.org/archives/2008/12/problems-with-libxml2-for-wordpress-xml-rpc-users/

http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/03/conclusion-of-libxml2-issues-use-php-529-libxml2-273/

Consolidation and acquisitions in the Systems Management space

by | Jun 3, 2009 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Never a dull moment watching Systems Management.

I remember talking with Ronni Colville from Gartner in early 2000 about how what was then known as “Enterprise Software Distribution” would always keep evolving – but would never really change.

Today the challenges are many – mobility, bandwidth, expectations of users, privacy, security, compliance – all tied into a real budget squeeze.

At the same time there is a continuing trend towards consolidation.

In the past week or so we have seen Configuresoft, Solidcore and most recently Cassatt be acquired.

My gut feeling – most of the virtualisation management, run-book automation and niche players will be gone by year end.

A wave of smaller ISVs are rising to replace them. I’ve met with some great new talent in this space – and just as I discussed with Ronni in 2000 – it’s still the same problem to solve.