Open Source Considered Harmful

"It is hot in this kitchen and getting hotter all the time. What to do? Find a way to reduce the heat or leverage the latest asbestos suits? We are mostly doing the latter. -- Open Source Considered Harmful

Better regulation through software

"There is a lot of talk these days about regulation, especially the kind intended to control the activities of financial organizations. I have a big problem with regulation." -- Better regulation through software

Technology - rent, lease or buy?

"Will we see the day when actually "buying" a computer or an application is less common than renting one?" -- Technology - rent, lease or buy?

Pet Peeves - XML

"We are teetering on the brink of a new edition of the XML standard : XML 1.0 5th Edition to be precise. This seems like an appropriate moment to look back at the XML roller-coaster and list off some personal peeves." -- Pet Peeves - XML

Premature parameterization...

...is the square root of all evil.

RAM, Disk, RAMDisk

Does my OS take advantage of the built-in UPS in my laptop? I don't think so. Maybe it could? With so many "desktops" these days actually consisting of laptops with desk-y attachments, the UPS concept has never been so widely deployed, yet, somewhat, unnoticed. RAM was the new disk - and it will be again

Knowing Java is not knowing much

"To paraphrase John Maynard Keynes: APIs can stay impenetrable longer than your schedule can stay acceptable." -- Knowing Java is not knowing much