I have sometimes wondered whether any database vendors would ever implement some kind of intrinsic naming convention. Such that certain objects were allocated unchanging keys references at creation and all...

I almost never rename objects for older legacy systems - I mainly have tinges of regret over object names in these cases.

I am certainly more thoughtful now about how I...

I'm afraid I am guilty of using VBScripts which I use for backups of odd important files.

I have also used XBasic in batch files to do similar.

On the more front...

Personally would probably go for a combined approach.

Central IT for truly universal applications - e-mail / anti-virus

Then totally decentralise domain specific applications. Minimal central support on these applications full control...

I'm with the its not chaos its diversity option.

After all isn't this the model for the Internet?

I bet the people in the sections love it.

Gary Varga (2/6/2015)

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My ideas are usually a variation of someone else's applied to a new scenario or in a novel way. Occasionally, just occasionally, I have an idea that I...

I must admit helping others is key for me.

There's is nothing that solidifies my knowledge more than having to explain it to others and then being asked questions you have...

Significantly restricting development to a chosen few I think leads to different problems which I contend are more detrimental than the problems associated with citizenship – although from an IT...

I'm a big fan of this.

Recently I was listening to a Channel 9 Microsoft podcast talking about how their products could be used in developer operator environments. Interestingly the podcast...

Abstraction can improve speed of operation but for those that don't understand the system it definitely can lead to ignorance which is seldom good.

It is not going to be an...

I think this is were good managers come in. I don't think we have good enough theories in place at the moment to rank people based on algorithms. I've seen...

Its my opinion that most organisations need to be moving towards a software focus where a lot of the value of the organisation will be in the intelligence of the...

Ultimately you can never get away from this and it was I believe a question originally proposed by the Romans.

Their conclusion was " promote the idea of everyone guarding themselves...

Sometimes the real big wins are in helping out people not at work at all but where you have massive levels of comparative advantage.

I bought myself a litter picker the...

I think it is useful to know where people are at what time when at work. I don't have a problem with that kind of monitoring of my movements.

Outside of...