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Embedded experience as primary software determinant

Since the hypothetical Solid American Brass SAB is a start-up, the people there don't have the communal memory characteristic of larger, older, organizations. Instead, the key players have to rely on personal experience with other companies; and while that works well for many issues, particularly those involving finance and manufacturing,...

Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Asset management, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Strategy, Enterprise software, Erik Engbrecht, software, Paul Murphy, Solid American Brass

Blog posts 2007-08-29

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Coolthreads vs hyperthreading

Coolthreads vs hyperthreadingThanksI appreciate the effort to give a great explanationSo I guy who admittedly works for Sun ...... thinks their implimentation is better then Intel. Shocker! This from a guy that rails on any TCO study sponsored by Microsoft as not being objective. I wonder how the...

Tags: Processors, HyperThreading, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Resurrecting E-voting

Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...

Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

The purloined benchmark

Last Wednesday I challenged Windows proponents to demonstrate a metric not based on market share which when fairly applied showed an advantage for Windows over Unix. Nobody took me up on it, but frequent contributor "ShadeTree" suggested that Windows would win with metrics based...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Memory, Server, Larry Pedigo, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Wide finder redux

Here's a comment from frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht: Until Tim Bray started his Widefinder discussions I was a big believer in Coolthreads. The principles behind the technology just make sense. But then I noticed how badly my Intel based laptop beat the...

Tags: Job, T2, T5120, Network Technology, Networking, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-12-20

CAD/CIM and the SAB software selection

This is a guest column by frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht. It's part of the SAB software discussion and represents exactly what I'd hoped to spawn with this whole imaginary company business: an interesting dialogue. That said, here's Erik: Innovative information technology can be a critical means for...

Tags: Software, Core Competency, Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, Product, Manufacturing, SAB, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-09-06

Trying to clarify the Sun Ray difference

Frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht had this to say last week in response to my comment that the Sun Ray does no processing and isn't, therefore, a client-server client: thin, fat, or otherwise: Smart, Thick, Thin, DisplayIt's all word games. Depending on how you define...

Tags: Sun, Security, Linux, Hardware, Government, Deploying Sun Rays, Enterprise Policy

Blog posts 2007-07-17

My job hunt

My job huntI'm open to all forms of employmentMost jobs out there are for contract/consulting types. I'm even willing to travel - although my 6'4" 270lb body hardly fits comfortably into most airplanes.FeelingsOriginally I just wanted to get into FORD and do the 30-year thing. I would be happy with...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, job hunt

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

The Week in ReYou

The best part of this job is the interplay with the ZDNet community. A selection of the best reader quotes of the week in no particular order. 1. Ask a question like: Can Microsoft brand its way to coolness? And...

Tags: General, customization

Blog posts 2006-11-17

Thirty men, one well

Thirty men, one wellOops - guess I wasn't clearOne language - not a tower of babble. Pick something (e.g. Perl) all teams use it to express the spec, then code from there.I don't buy it...Sorry Murph, this one is a little far-fetched.Aside from the fact that no business-type would ever...

Tags: Team management, Development tools, Scripting languages, Tools & Techniques, Programming languages, team, software, programmer, Python

Discussion threads 2006-09-20

TalkBack: 'A feeding frenzy for SaaS detractors'?

A heated TalkBack discussion developed yesterday in response to my posting on the topic of IT shops 'afraid of SaaS'. In the midst of it, SaaS advocate Matt Robinson complained: "This forum seems to be a feeding frenzy for SaaS detractors, however, the arguments presented aren't providing much constructive...

Tags: Saas

Blog posts 2006-08-11

Something Erik Said

Here's an out of context snippet from a talk back contribution by Erik Engbrecht People have a very, very hard time distiguishing between "work" and "productivity." Many absolutely refuse to acknowledge the difference. This has always bothered me. In particular, virtually every IT consulting client...

Tags: IT Consulting

Blog posts 2006-07-20

Outsourcing and the network effect

Outsourcing and the network effectJump in the Pool!Yes, pooling resources is the best answer for almost all small and mid-sized business. These are points that a few of us (erik.engbrecht, pkstephens) have been making on the original post by Paul Murphy.We do for our 160+ clients something they could not...

Tags: Employease, outsourcing, network effect, network, outsource

Discussion threads 2006-03-02

Outsourcing and competence

Last week's blog on not out-sourcing mission critical functions led to a particularly interesting talkback discussion. At the top, Roger commented that Zdnet should out-source its servers and several others mentioned being unable to use talkbacks. I believe there's enormous frustration within the executive ranks at Zdnet over these failures...

Tags: information technology

Blog posts 2006-02-28