And we used to think patching was a big challenge.  I've been talking with my son ( who is 55 years old ) about the updating challenge he and a...

a relational store is likely better

It is important to remind everyone that a relational DBMS is not a way of "storing" data. The relational model provides a logical...

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But at the back of my mind is an increasingly loud voice telling me that the problems we experience in the data world have got nothing to do with...

Reported in The Economist just last week: "Working 55 hours or more a week is 'a serious health hazard' according to the World Health Organisation, in a first...

Many years ago at one point in 1974 I started a shop from scratch for a company with 24-hour operations.  In those days of CRT terminals I had 5 Teamsters...

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David, I had to look up the meaning of RTFM.  That's pretty precise.

Yeah, this works both ways:

Try to ask the RIGHT question.

Try to answer the question that was asked.

Is that pretty efficient code?  And I've only had one cup of coffee this...

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I will miss the emails, but certainly do understand.  You folks have done a great job with this for as  long as I have been taking part.  Even though I've...

First of all, during my working years I attended very few conferences, and only a few more 'meetings' with other IT folks outside an employer.  Most of my outside interaction...

Sometimes the lines between my time and work time tend to blur (today's Blursday, right?). What I don't miss is a 90 mile round trip to the office....

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I really had to chuckle about some memories from my stint as a 'manager' for the years 1975 to 1986 when I had a small 24-hour shop of five data...

Not all bugs are created equal nor are the root causes of all bugs nor are all development teams.  Some bugs are trivials, which is why they weren't caught...

"Some use junior developers to do bug work."

And possibly herein lies the problem with bugs.  My personal feeling is that those who create software should be the ones who have...

Steve, you were 'excited about the prospects if sending others'.  There were a number of folks in my career I would have been excited to send also!