Carts, horses, operating systems and data

"When it comes to the risk of data loss, I believe it is sensible to err on the side of paranoia." -- Separating the cart from the horse

Open source, closed source, brands and chaos

Illusions of chaos, illusions of calm is about brands and how the concept of branding works with software. It is about how the varying manifestations of branding swivel the telescope over the ever-present primordial soup of non-chaos that typifies all types of software development.