COBOL: Everywhere and Nowhere
codinghorror.com — Every year, COBOL systems are responsible for transporting up to 72,000 shipping containers, caring for 60 million patients, processing 80% of point-of-sales transactions and connecting 500 million mobile phone users. COBOL manages our train timetables, air traffic control systems, holiday bookings and supermarket stock controls. (Submitted by domfosnz) More...
Windows 7: The Best Vista Service Pack Ever
codinghorror.com — Vista was like a solid B student who shows up at your doorstep reeking of body odor and dressed in shabby clothing from the local thrift shop. There's something decent at the core, but it's a real challenge to get past the obvious surface deficiencies. (Submitted by domfosnz) More...
Oh, You Wanted "Awesome" Edition
codinghorror.com — Imagine our surprise when we rebooted the server and saw only 32 GB of memory available in Windows Server 2008. Did we install the memory wrong? No, the BIOS screen reported the full 48 GB of memory.We belatedly discovered post-upgrade that we are foolishly using Windows Server 2008 Standard edition. Which has been arbitrarily limited to 32 GB. (Submitted by domfosnz) More...
Scaling Up vs. Scaling Out: Hidden Costs
codinghorror.com — I think it's fair to conclude that scaling out is only frictionless when you use open source software. Otherwise, you're in a bit of a conundrum: scaling up means paying less for licenses and a lot more for hardware, while scaling out means paying less for the hardware, and a whole lot more for licenses. (Submitted by domfosnz) More...
Why Do Computers Suck at Math?
codinghorror.com — 399 999 999 999 999 - 399 999 999 999 998 = 0. Google can't be wrong -- math is! But Google is hardly alone; this is just another example in a long and storied history of obscure little computer math errors that go way back (Submitted by domfosnz) More...
How Not to Conduct an Online Poll
codinghorror.com — The outcome of the 2009 Time 100 World's Most Influential People poll isn't that important in the big scheme of things, but it's difficult to understand why a high profile website would conduct an anonymous worldwide poll without even the most basic of safeguards in place. This isn't high security; this is web 101. (Submitted by domfosnz) More...
Is Open Source Experience Overrated?
codinghorror.com — If you're looking to polish your programming chops, what could possibly be better, more job-worthy experience than immersing yourself in a real live open source software project? There are hundreds of thousands, and a few of them have arguably changed the world. Unfortunately, that wasn't what happened for one particular open source developer. (Submitted by tomlonar) More...
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