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With some fanfare, the CodePlex Foundation launched itself late last week (codeplex.org).  This has generated quite a bit of discussion on blogs, twitter, email lists, podcasts, and everything else.

About the Copyright Assignment

One of the items on the CodePlex Foundation that is causing lots of concern is the sample license agreement that assigns copyright to the CodePlex Foundation. Here, I’m leaning heavily on my experience with publishers.

First of all, the only way you can assign copyright to another party is if it is yours. OK, that’s obvious, but I think lots of people are missing that. When I sign the contract for a book with a publisher, I do assign the copyright to the publisher (in return for some considerations). The publisher needs me to warrant that the work is *my original work*.  The same would be true for Open Source software projects. Hypothetically, for me to assign my OSS project’s copyright, I would have to assert that it’s my original work.

There is another way to assign copyright, which will be necessary for CodePlex and OSS to work. If you ask everyone that contributes to your OSS project to assign the copyright to the project (or you), you do hold the copyright, and therefore you can assign it. (The Apache Foundation Individual Contributor License Agreement contains language necessary to assign the copyright over.)

Note that you can (as the original author) grant a non-exclusive license as an alternative to assigning the copyright. That’s also common in many OSS contributor agreements. I’m not sure how much weight that gives in IP legal entanglements, but it seems to work for the Apache Foundation, and the MySQL organization. I’ll defer to others with more knowledge.

Earlier today the ASP.NET team launched a new Microsoft Ajax CDN (Content Delivery Network) service that provides caching support for AJAX libraries (including jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX).  The service is available for free, does not require any registration, and can be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.

What does a CDN provide?

Content delivery networks (CDNs) are composed of "edge cache" servers that are strategically placed around the world at key Internet network points.  These "edge cache" servers can be used to cache and deliver all types of content – including images, videos, CSS and JavaScript files.

Using a CDN can significantly improve a website’s end-user performance, since it enables browsers to more quickly retrieve and download content.  For example, instead of having a browser request for an image traverse all the way across the Internet to your web server to download, a CDN can instead serve the request directly from a nearby "edge cache" server that might only be a single network hop away from your customer (making it return much faster – which makes your pages load quicker). 

Summary

The Microsoft Ajax CDN enables you to significantly improve the performance of ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC applications that use ASP.NET AJAX or jQuery.  The service is available for free, does not require any registration, and can be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.

ASP.NET 4.0 will make it especially easy for ASP.NET Web Forms developers to take advantage of the CDN. By setting one property of the ScriptManager control, you will be able to redirect all requests for the built-in ASP.NET JavaScript files to the CDN and improve the performance of your Web Forms applications.

Here are top 10 interview questions, hope it is useful in your interview

10. Solve the FizzBuzz problem with SQL code.
9. I’m a manager, and you’re my Senior DBA. Explain to me why we shouldn’t switch to MySQL or Oracle.
8. I’m a developer. Explain why I need a unique key on my table.
7. A project manager needs a new SQL Server. What do you ask her?
6. When and where does the local user group meet?
5. Can you give me references from other DBAs and developers who aren’t at your company?
4. How do you learn new things?
3. What third party database tools are your favorites?
2. Ask stressful questions.
1. Why are you here?

What is .htaccesss?

.htaccess is a configuration file for use on web servers running the Apache Web Server software. When a .htaccess file is placed in a directory which is in turn ‘loaded via the Apache Web Server’, then the .htaccess file is detected and executed by the Apache Web Server software. These .htaccess files can be used to alter the configuration of the Apache Web Server software to enable/disable additional functionality and features that the Apache Web Server software has to offer. These facilities include basic redirect functionality, for instance if a 404 file not found error occurs, or for more advanced functions such as content password protection or image hot link prevention.

How to use .htaccess

‘.htaccess’ is the filename in full, it is not a file extension. For instance, you would not create a file called, ‘file.htaccess’, it is simply called, ‘.htaccess’. This file will take effect when placed in any directory which is then in turn loaded via the Apache Web Server software. The file will take effect over the entire directory it is placed in and all files and subdirectories within the specified directory.

view full article: Introduction to apache .htaccess

WordPress is a very popular blog publishing application and content management system. It was first released in May 2003 by its co-founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little as a (considered the official) successor to b2\cafelog.
WordPress has a templating system, which includes widgets that can be rearranged without editing PHP or HTML code, as well as themes that can be installed and switched between. The PHP and HTML code in themes can also be edited for more advanced customizations. WordPress also features integrated link management; a search engine-friendly, clean permalink structure; the ability to assign nested, multiple categories to articles; multiple author capability; and support for tagging of posts and articles. Automatic filters that provide for proper formatting and styling of text in articles (for example, converting regular quotes to smart quotes) are also included. WordPress also supports the Trackback and Pingback standards for displaying links to other sites that have themselves linked to a post or article. Finally, WordPress has a rich plugin architecture which allows users and developers to extend its functionality beyond the features that come as part of the base install.

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