In the early 70's I got a private pilot license in the USA because my travel required me to be away from home so much, and using a light plane...

It seems to me that we are blaming Microsoft for being successful.  A bit like some folks that blame the western cultures for the terrorists extremists.

And they may have...

OK Steve, you went "a fishin" and you hooked me, so here goes Bubba...

First, and I don't mean to offend the one or two that are really good at their...

I don't mean to offend, but I'm going to take this a slightly different direction... 

Hackers are to corporate IT what Terrorists were to 9/11.  Without any thought for the people...

During one of the slow downs in the late 90's a friend lamented that they had been cut back to half days...  "6:00 AM to 6:00 PM".

I agree with the...

If you time is worth 10 cents an hour, just purchase a new server

It's impossible to keep up with what components still have useful life,...

Most of my career I did not have the luxury of deciding when to upgrade development tools.  However, that has changed with this job and though I love all the new...

Well I can't say that I know where this is all going, but I'll comment on how it's affecting the way I work.  First, I'm not a DBA, I just...

My current project has just changed from 3 hardware servers.  The old system had one each for SQL 2000, Web, and Backend Apps. 

The new server has two dual core processors...

Well, well, well...  So MS has 60% of the development market with .Net.  If that's true, then good for them.  However, it's a little early to count out the Java...

Wow...  Guess what, there is risk involved with having sensitive data on mobile computers.  Duh, there is also risk with having sensitive data on a main frame computer.  And... There is...

My 2 cents...  I've DBA'd at least one, maybe two case sensitive databases and got used to them.  It wasn't fun, but I think some of us find the cleaner...

While I find my work to be very interesting...  And I wouldn't have nearly as much fun just being retired; I value my time away from the job.  Currently I...

What a great editorial, Steve...  And thank you all for your replies!

I've made it to 60 and find that life gets better, not my body but life, as we get...

Like you Steve I have had several jobs where it was a joy to come to work and take care of the companies business.  However, I don't really think you...