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I'm definitely very interested in reading more about the new generation of JDBC drivers. Here are some web pages to start the conversation.

Read "What is a Type 5 JDBC driver?" @ http://www.datadirect.com/products/jdbc/type5/whatis/index.ssp.

Read "New Type 5 JDBC Driver Aimed at Data-Driven Java Apps" @ http://adtmag.com/articles/2010/04/28/new-jdbc-5-driver-for-java-data-apps.aspx.

I was wondering if anyone has been using Git for a while, and can speak to working on a team where there is a lot of merging. What's been your experience like? Is Git mature enough?

I'm thinking of jumping ship from Subversion. While I had the same thought about a year ago, new merge functionality promised a lot in Subversion 1.6.

Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of a new development cycle where there is a ton of merging, and I have two words for Subversion: SLOW and STUPID. Subversion 1.6, unlike the SVNMERGE tool which I used for ages and worked like a charm, doesn't remember the previous merge. Its half-built. Its slow. And I've about had it.

I recently saw this video on Git. Its Linus Torvalds speaking at Google on Git, and while I have issues with some of the things he says, he's right-on when he says that SVN should have focused on merging, not branching.

Hopefully you guys can shed some lights on some of the specifics I need before I jump ship!

Joel Spolsky writes an excellent article/blog entry called "Capstone projects and time management". Its about a topic I'm very passionate about, and that is the teaching of Computer Science or Computer Information Systems at universities.Great read.

Read more @ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/10/26.html.

We're looking for a Sr. Web Developer/ Technical Lead / Architect type person in Southern California.

You would be working on a ColdFusion-based SaaS web application. Its a very driven and dynamic company. I can't say enough! You will be working on a product that changes the lives of millions.

Obviously our application is built using best practices and a touch of practicality – Mach II, ColdSpring, and Reactor. We will probably be doing ColdBox in the future.

Read more about the company @ www.ecivis.com.

Feel free to leave a comment, and I can provide more details.

UPDATE: You can also email me at technology <at> ecivis.com.

C'mon, dude, how long have we known each other, like 5 and half years? (I love to create a little controversy, especially in times like these.)

But no, its nothing really, except that he stole my idea of comparing ColdBox with Mach II and Model Glue. Oh well, I'll continue with some other documentation about my experience with ColdBox.

Check out his great preso @ http://corfield.org/blog/index.cfm/do/blog.entry/entry/Comparing_Application_Frameworks_recording.