Unintended Consequences

Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 @ 8:37 pm
Filed Under Bureaucrats, Computing
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In short, all the failings attributed to government happen in private enterprises too. These failings are a fixture of human nature and organizational dynamics.

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Living with POPFile

Posted on Saturday, July 3, 2004 @ 2:24 pm
Filed Under Computing, POPfile, Security, Stories
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Time, I think, for a POPFile update.  It's been a bit over three months, and over seven thousand messages, since I last discussed the program.  Quickly reviewed:  I started using the program in the wake of last August's spam (virus) epidemic.  Right from the start I've used PF as a mail sorting program, not just [...]

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Joel on Microsoft redux

Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 @ 12:10 pm
Filed Under Code, Computing
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Bill Gates has a history of betting the company on the next technology generation.  One of these days he'll lose the bet--or he'll lose interest in the game--and MS will start looking like Ford.  Or Exxon.  Maybe AT&T.  Perhaps a (large) piece of Planetary Software, LTD.  (You think not?   Happened to Carnegie Steel....)  Dare I mention Western Union?  How about the Pennsylvania Railroad?

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Spolsky!

Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 @ 11:21 pm
Filed Under Code, Computing
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Joel Spolsky, whose blog's been far too quiet of late, returns with a long piece that's mostly about what Microsoft is doing wrong with Longhorn.

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Still Witty after all these weeks

Posted on Monday, June 7, 2004 @ 12:51 pm
Filed Under Computing, Security
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There's a mind behind Witty, folks.  Wonder what she learned from the experiment.

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