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  • RE: Hiring Guitarists

    Vila Restal (7/11/2013)


    If the analogy is between a software shop and a band then I wouldn't say DBA's are on stage. The sales reps and support are the performers, the...

  • RE: Hiring Guitarists

    Depends on the nature of the DBA: is it a production position, or a development position? I've never been or known anyone who would (or even could) do...

  • RE: Ten Million Lines of Code

    Not only that, one wonders whether this CI meme will stall the dynamic language programming meme? Compiling doesn't do much good.

  • RE: No Limits

    In the end, Cloud is just IBM Service Bureau, without the leased lines (and the security of same). The only way for Cloud providers to make any money is...

  • RE: Storage - A meeting of minds

    ryan.offord (7/17/2012)


    Having the right design makes the world of difference but no matter what we do if there is an underlying latency you will not remove it by schema design.

    If...

  • RE: Storage - A meeting of minds

    rmechaber (7/16/2012)


    You state:

    In addition there are more sectors in the outside tracks than there are in the innter [sic] tracks.

    My understanding of disk sectors has always been that...

  • RE: Storage - A meeting of minds

    Missing, not for the first time in such essays, is discussion of normal forms, particularly for the operational data. If one moves to SSD, response time factor changes significantly,...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    L' Eomot Inversé (5/4/2012)


    RobertYoung (5/4/2012)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/4/2012)


    I'm not sure, however, that commission salespeople that work to meet a number deserve to make 10x or 100x what the...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/4/2012)


    I'm not sure, however, that commission salespeople that work to meet a number deserve to make 10x or 100x what the lead developers make. I'm...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    GSquared (5/4/2012)


    RobertYoung (5/4/2012)


    GSquared (5/4/2012)


    RobertYoung (5/3/2012)


    If you've ever been in sales/marketing, or know well someone who is, then you know their mantra: "any moron can sell a good product, they're...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    GSquared (5/4/2012)


    RobertYoung (5/3/2012)


    If you've ever been in sales/marketing, or know well someone who is, then you know their mantra: "any moron can sell a good product, they're just order...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    If you've ever been in sales/marketing, or know well someone who is, then you know their mantra: "any moron can sell a good product, they're just order takers, it...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    L' Eomot Inversé (5/2/2012)


    The idea someone had that salesmen should be paid more because they have to look good doesn't hold water

    I guess you not noticed the harlot hussy insurgence?...

  • RE: Transfer Times in the Cloud

    Oddly, this is also one of the argument used against SQL databases: what if XYZ Database Corp. goes under? Let's just continue writing COBOL/java/VB with our own fantastic...

  • RE: Transfer Times in the Cloud

    Well, there sure is historical record to look at, if it can be found. IBM ran its Service Bureau (which amounted to a private cloud) for decades. How...

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