Thanks Steve for yet another link to a very interesting article.

Years ago, computer shops divided responsibilities. You had systems analysts and business analysts. They drew up the plans, the 'programmers'...

To Steve's point about bandwidth - Good point. Although, is it the wattage we're concerned with, or is available bandwidth and its cost already something to be concerned about apart...

We can debate the morality of energy efficiency as long as we want, but whether we like it or not eventually it comes down to cost-effectiveness. Does a windmill or...

When I started in IT, the joke was, "If you can spell VB, you can get a computer job." It seemed like I was surrounded by people who read "learn...

You know what they say - "No Nulls is good Nulls".

Or, something like that...

The middle is a pretty good place to be on this one. Ultimately, if you want quality, someone will want to be paid for it, and that's fair.

"Free" software (I...

Two quick stories from my early days in computers:

1) Back when a lot of beginning Microsoft programmers did things with Access, about once a year someone would create an application,...

Thanks, Steve. Some day when I grow up I want to work some place big enough to need a SAN administrator.

- And a 'Stove-Piped' one at that! 😎

Wow, I'm really going to have to show some lack of sophistication. I've had 6 computer jobs in my life. The smallest was a start-up in someone's basement. The largest...

Steve, I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said in the article. Of course, this is the line for the bean-counters:

It's a cheap way to retain an employee when you might...

Of course, if you catch me on a bad day,...

Luke L - Thanks for the link - I heard about the robot lawn mowers but I didn't realize they were so far along. And may the force be with...

Let's not be too quick to dismiss landscapers and other 'low level' jobs from the obsolete list. Let me illustrate - let's take a restaurant. Would it be that hard...

Egads! The statement from Loner about sums it up. I was going to place a comment at the end of a quote, but it's too long. Just look a few...

I've been on projects where the team was instructed by management to solve a problem themselves without getting tech help from the software manufacturer. Calling and getting help would cost...