Very interesting recent brief case study on the deep value of precision time and synchronization to computer networks and, in particular, databases. “Clocks are important – don’t lock down you VPC so much that NTP stops working.” https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/nov/30/bye-bye-mongo-hello-postgres
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Is The Future Of All Software Development Open-Source?
Is a piece from 2016 titled: “Why Microsoft Is Turning Into An Open-Source Company” prescient? https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-microsoft-is-turning-into-an-open-source-company/ From the article: As Jim Zemlin, the Linux Foundation‘s executive director, has said, open source “shared development is enabling faster development with higher quality and lower costs. This is causing the software value chain to change.” Microsoft gets this. And, it’s… Read More
Congress Passes The National Timing Security and Resilience Act of 2018
The following is from a recent Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation update: “This month saw a significant milestone for us with Congress’ passage of the National Timing Security and Resilience Act of 2018 as a part of the regular US Coast Guard authorization bill. The act requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a difficult… Read More
Redefining The Second
Fascinating article in Science (@sciencemagazine) earlier this year showcasing the great work at NIST and other organizations focused on continually improving time accuracy on the threshold of the 2020s. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/better-atomic-clocks-scientists-prepare-redefine-second
BootstrapCDN donates to NTF via OpenCollective
This is a guest post by the maintainers of BootstrapCDN Open Source projects that make up the core infrastructure keeping the internet operating are often taken for granted. Though these projects are not the most exciting projects at first glance, they become the center of attention when there’s a security breach or other disruptive event.… Read More
