Category: Computer

The original Bell Telephone system was required to provide 99.999% (or five nines of) relability.  This level of reliablilty equals 5 minutes of downtime per year.  In contrast to 97% reliability which is equivalent to 263 hours of downtime per year.

Ellen Ullman, the author of Close to the Machine has written a new book, The Bug.  If it is even ¼ as good as the first book, it will be well, well worth reading.  The review in the IEEE Spectrum, November issue was positive.  I will follow-up at a later time when I have read…

There is an interesting article reviewing the book “Bitter EJB” in the December issue of Software Development. That gives anti-patterns and solutions for problems encountered during EJB development projects.

I found these in the October 2003 issue of Computer Magazine from the IEEE Computer Society in an article on Design Review by Bob Colwell.I wonder if the Marquis de Sade School of Scorched Earth Management has any other graduates besides this guy?Page 8In most cases, you and your colleagues work together on a project,…

Tools I ran across at the Multi-Edit site which will be include in version 9.1 Scooter Software – Beyond Compare and Flashbulb Studios – Trita Code Formatter (Pretty Printer).  And, an unrelated item, a framework covered in Software Development magazine that seems very promising for Java development, the Keel Framework.

I found this set of reviews on FTP software

Pammy’s not the only one who thinks I’m out of alignment.  I recently suggested that if Microsoft moves its training operations to the Far East, MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) might soon mean Microsoft Curry Seasoning Expert.  Apparently the curry comment made some readers hot under the collar.  Let me be clear: I meant no…