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  • RE: The New DBA

    ... I've interviewed a lot of folks for the position of "Sr. Developer" and "Sr. Database Administrator" over the last several years and with great disappointment. Most of the "developers"...

  • RE: The New DBA

    While there have always been DBAs that tightly controlled their systems and acted as impediments to change, I think those positions are disappearing fast.

    Not fast enough. DBA too often...

  • RE: What Not To Say

    I downloaded this software off the Internet and it crashed the server: You can't trust stuff you download, no matter what the Open Source crowd says ...

    Oh, absolutely. It's so...

  • RE: Your Job

    That happy situation probably applies only to database developers in companies who are developing databases for in-house use only.

    Indeed, as Mr Russell explained to me already (twice).

    😉

  • RE: Your Job

    I think I'm getting a little soft in the head, Eric; you were correct from the start. Thanks.

  • RE: Your Job

    If that's a requirement, but unless you're an ISV providing a solution that is installed at the client's site, then there is no compelling business reason to design an application...

  • RE: Your Job

    The DevOps movement is ... bringing automation, scripting, and repeatability to both software development and operational deployment.

    I'm curious if/how the 'repeatability' design philosophy includes being able to swop in...

  • RE: Your Cloud Held Hostage – Could It Happen?

    Possibly a fair point.

    Even a broken clock is right twice a day. 😉

  • RE: Your Cloud Held Hostage – Could It Happen?

    The problem then comes when an alternative to Netflix, for example, cannot get off the ground because it cannot find the exhorbatant [spelling!] fees in order to try to compete.

    A...

  • RE: State v Migrations

    The one thing that helps you find problems with your process and code is testing, which is something I'd recommend you implement no matter what method you choose for deploying...

  • RE: Your Cloud Held Hostage – Could It Happen?

    Wayne, I think Fujitsu may still offer a PC-based COBOL compiler, although I'm far too lazy to Google it!

    I agree, I enjoyed working with JCL, too. I started off with...

  • RE: Your Cloud Held Hostage – Could It Happen?

    They're 80 column.

    You're welcome to them. I'm not sure they're much good to me. I don't have a punch card machine anymore. :crying:

    It's been a while since I wrote any...

  • RE: Your Cloud Held Hostage – Could It Happen?

    Wayne West wrote:

    We read about cloud outages on a regular basis. If you had a mainframe, you could count on high availability.

    I have a few stacks of unused punch cards...

  • RE: Your Cloud Held Hostage – Could It Happen?

    RonKyle (4/6/2015)


    There's a lot of things that can happen, but these are all fringe examples, at least in the current political environment. You can't guard against everything, and if...

  • RE: Your Cloud Held Hostage – Could It Happen?

    djackson wrote:

    Small companies that can't afford a competent IT staff may do better paying someone to manage their servers.

    It's not necessarily an issue limited to small companies, Dave. Big...

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