November 2010
Welcome to MariaDB
MariaDB is a database server that offers drop-in replacement functionality for MySQL1. MariaDB is built by some of the original authors of MySQL, with assistance from the broader community of Free and open source software developers. In addition to the core functionality of MySQL, MariaDB offers a rich set of feature enhancements including alternate storage engines, server optimizations, and patches.
October 2010
SpatiaLite
(via)SQLite is a popular DBMS, simple, robust, easy to use and really lightweight
each SQLite database is simply a file; you can freely copy it, compress it, send it on a LAN or WEB with no complication at all
They are also portables; the same database file will work on Windows, Linux, MacOs etc
the SpatiaLite extension enables SQLite to support spatial data too [aka GEOMETRY], in a way conformant to OpenGis specifications
February 2009
Homepage - Shtooka Project
(via)The "Shtooka Project" is a cooperative project with the goal of creating audio material and software tools used to learn foreign languages. The first and most important step is to put in place a set of audio collections (like the "Audio Collection of French words") with corresponding linguistic data and the necessary tools to make the most of them.
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