Lighthouse Pro 2.4.3
I'm happy to announce the release of LighthousePro 2.4.3. For those who may not know what Lighthouse is, it is an open source bug tracker. This version includes:
- New logo, provided by Ron Stewart and Marco Olson. A favicon.ico is also provided. I had mentioned a redesign a few weeks back - this is not it. The only design change here is the logo.
- Support for storing passwords in hash format. This was done by Jeff Smallwood. Also provided by Jeff is a way to disable RSS feeds. He thought some people may be worried about the 'autologin' nature of the RSS feeds, so a simple preference was added to support turning them off.
- I fixed a few minor bugs in printing, and added an alpha sort to the project list.
Ask a Jedi: ColdFusion 8 Licensing Question
A while back I got a question from a reader concerning ColdFusion licensing. As I know next to nothing about this I went right to Josh Adams, Adobe's newest ColdFusion specialist. He graciously helped me out and his reply is below. First, the question, from Andy:
Here at the County we are heading into a virtualized blade sever environment (using VMware). I can't find conclusive, non-conflicting information on Adobe's site that states what version of CF is compatible with a virtual environment. I found a PDF that says CF8 Enterprise is compatible and CF8 Standard is not, and I even found another page that says MX is compatible with virtualization. Can you direct me to the correct answer?
Josh's reply:
First let's start with the licensing generally; from the Adobe ColdFusion 8 FAQ we have this:
ColdFusion 8 is licensed based on the number of physical processors (CPUs) on the server on which it is running. ColdFusion is licensed in two-CPU increments. Each license of ColdFusion, whether Standard or Enterprise Edition, allows the software to be installed on a server with one or two CPUs. Additional CPUs on the server require additional licenses. Note that the total number of computers on which ColdFusion 8 is installed and used may not exceed the total number of licenses purchased. That means you cannot purchase one two-CPU license and use it on two separate single-CPU servers. Each server, in that case, needs its own license. View information regarding the licensing of ColdFusion 8.
Next let's move to additional licensing considerations related to VMs: there are no restrictions on the number of VMs onto which ColdFusion 8 Enterprise may be installed. However, ColdFusion 8 Standard can be used on no more than one VM per license. Note that this is consistent with ColdFusion 8 Enterprise's allowance of unlimited instances per license and ColdFusion 8 Standard's restriction to a single instance per license.
Finally, let's take a look at platform support considerations: the VMWare and Microsoft Virtual Server platforms are officially supported for ColdFusion 8 Enterprise but not for ColdFusion 8 Standard. That means that Adobe Support will investigate issues encountered on ColdFusion 8 Enterprise running in a VM, but they may not investigate issues encountered on ColdFusion 8 Standard running in a VM but instead they may require that those issues be reproduced on a supported platform.
Thank you Josh!
CFBL Update - Week 9
Well, we are almost there folks. Here are the stats for the second to last week:
Week 9 weight total: 2,967
Week 9 weight average: 228.23
Week 9 lowest: 178
Week 9 highest: 384
People this week: 13
Biggest Loser (Pounds): Adam Bielawski (5 lbs)
Biggest Loser (%): Adam Bielawski ( 2.21 %)
Total Weight Lost: 19
I lost a grand total of one pound, but I've been at 210 (my goal weight) all week (after Monday), so I just need to make sure I don't screw it up this weekend.