Likely the biggest management problem I have dealt with in my career is the false presumption by various IT workers that technologies and data are "theirs". That somehow they...

Reading this editorial and the replies posted, I am wondering how many people consulted their company/corporate legal council before removing things? Sure, you might remove users who are long...

This is an excellent editorial and exactly right on point. ODBC enabled many coders of my generation to make great software systems and in that, a great living. ...

I am much more concerned that this now makes TWO releases from Microsoft in less than a month that require some third party program to "fix" something that never should...

As I watched the Frontline special on the "Madoff affair" I learned that for years, this crook was printing and mailing out trade confirmations and false statements. I had...

We did look at it, but our product line requires tight coordination between Visual Studio and SQL Server. We found that there are some semi-serious glitches in VS2008 and...

I agree with your concept wholeheartedly as it applies to the business world. I know in our company, when you refer to "clients" these are not individuals, these are...

I agree that this kind of comment - "you shouldn't have done that" - is totally counter-productive, but I also think Microsoft does a regularly lousy job with releases, updates,...

When you go to these Microsoft "talks" Steve, do you ever ask the people giving those talks if they have done any research on the ideas they are presenting? ...

If there is one major thing I have learned in a 30+ career in technology, its that when you hear terms like "new", or "revolutionary" your best bet is to...

Our parent company implemented a plan about a year and a half ago where new hires are brought on for a 6 month probation period, during which they are paid...

Nice post Matt!

I am an executive who does not tolerate any "keys to the kingdom" funny business. In my career I have twice fired employees (DBAs) who played this...

Vladimir Lenin, the father of modern communism said; "If you want the people to crave white bread, you feed them nothing but white bread." This was (though maybe not...

I dont think you can price data like you price, say, a tractor attachment. Data is more like pricing a valuable antique because the value changes as the data...

When I hear the term "craftsman", I associate that with a great house, great piece of furniture, or some truly lasting creation from a skilled, experienced and talented artist. ...