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The purloined benchmark: The purloined benchmarkOnce again you are ....... long on theory, (and words), but short on substance. Frankly your assertion that the benchmark was slanted towards Windows is just an opinion. You have run no benchmarks that refute the claims. I challenge you to reference a study that...; Tags: Operating systems, PoE, Murph, letter strategy, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
Hiring IT management: Hiring IT managementBackwards..."In choosing a CIO, the cardinal rule is to pick someone whose skills align with the technology you have or want."I wouldn't call that a cardinal rule, but it certainly is important."There is a significant proviso: it’s technology that counts, not its application."That makes me shudder..."Since the CIO...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, hiring, Murph, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-03-14
Revisiting+the+past+-+and+finding+the+horse+dead: Revisiting+the+past+-+and+finding+the+horse+deadSoiunds like you did what you couldFirst of all, they were in crisis, and had you done nothing, they would have remained there. What you did can only be construed as complete common sense.[B]I did what I usually do: counseled them about simplifying their infrastructure while aligning their technology...; Tags: Murph, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-02-26
Transactional memory and Solaris: Transactional memory and SolarisWhat’s the timing?When will complete (near enough) working systems - hardware and software - be available for people outside Sun to evaluate?Soon enough for people to delay projects they are currently considering?Cue a (quite possibly justified) warning from Anton that this could hit sales of current Sun...; Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, x86 product, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., hardware, Microsoft Windows, software; Discussion threads 2008-02-19
Separating the bigots from the sheep: Separating the bigots from the sheepObjectivelyThe truly experienced objective candidate would propose both solutions outlined in your original post and rationalise a preference for one of them. (In my case that would be the Microsoft approach due to my background.)If a candidate can produce two approaches that are reasonably dipolar...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Murph, software, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-02-13

"And don't come back!": "And don't come back!"are you going to name names, Murph? nt.was that all you said?I get the feeling that Paul Murphy may not be telling the whole story. It's been obvious to me for a while that he mostly doesn't - you only have to look at the way...; Tags: Thin clients, sheeple, Murph; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
Overdue correspondence: Overdue correspondenceReassurance.Murph wrote:"... maybe next week we’ll get a contribution from Anton recognizing Sun’s institutional commitment to making great products instead of money as an invaluable service to the world community."Sun's ability to provide "an invaluable service to the world community" would be improved were the company more able to...; Tags: Murph, world community; Discussion threads 2007-11-21
What I want for Christmas: What I want for ChristmasRemember when No_Ax was suggesting Office run on Solaris?Microsoft had an agreement with Sun, and No_Ax saw an opportunity to increase sales. The idea might have worked, except for the Solaris aspect.Much has changed since, not least the diminished hope for Sun to gain from...; Tags: Sales strategy, UNIX, Display PostScript, coal, PostScript, Adobe Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Murph, sales, software, Adobe PDF; Discussion threads 2007-11-01
"Terminal" isn't a four letter word: "Terminal" isn't a four letter wordonce againA solution for all problems: private-PC-connected-to-public-network + workplace-terminal-connected-to-private-network + KVMManagement wants the fantasy.It's really the same as most businesses--management wants to be told, "We checked into it and have the situation under control. There is no problem. Anything you hear to the contrary is...; Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT FAILED, Murph; Discussion threads 2007-10-29
Consulting objectivity: Consulting objectivityOn the other handThere is a difference between showing a preference for a particular set of ideas and showing enthusiasm for a product. The former is something that you can presumably justify rationally. The latter seems like joining the cheerleaders for a particular IT company and there are enough...; Tags: Thin clients, Operating systems, UNIX, client architecture, Murph, new library, objectivity, thin client, consulting; Discussion threads 2007-08-30
The (IEED) development environment: The (IEED) development environmentSo then, Murph...... when you say [i]"because “Plan b” is C and it’s almost as bad an answer as trying to hand optimise the intermediates produced by the IBM Fortran compiler"[/i] you are saying that one of your favourite company's (Sun) best known products (Java) isn't up...; Tags: Programming languages, development environment, Redundancy, environment, Murph, Fortran; Discussion threads 2007-08-08
iSense? Got'em? SASPO? IEED?: iSense? Got'em? SASPO? IEED?Proof-of-Concept vs Prototype vs ProductionIn the scenario Murph describes, all the researchers are really being asked to do is prove that the science behind what they are trying to do is sound, and that the engineering problem is solvable.At this point the researchers should be working at...; Tags: Team management, museum, team, Murph, processor, hardware, Email Network; Discussion threads 2007-08-06
Technology strategies and applications: Technology strategies and applicationsThis should be easy[i]"Over the course of the next few weeks I’d like to sketch out three sets of business requirements and then ask which technologies, ... would be best for each."[/i]Err... Solution 1) SunSolution 2) SolarisSolution 3) Sun Ray:-)Sorry Murph - couldn't resist that!! ...; Tags: Workforce management, Operating systems, UNIX, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., SCF, training; Discussion threads 2007-08-02
Unopposable Linux vs immovable ignorance: Unopposable Linux vs immovable ignoranceG-nome[i]"Possibly in the newest Gnome as well?"[/i]It would seem so. I don't like Gnome myself....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlipperIf by newest you mean 'new about 3 years ago' then yes.It keeps a short history including selections in terminal sessions (at least it does with Konsole). I've been using it for...; Tags: C/C++, OPEN SOURCE, Programming languages, Operating systems, UNIX, Murph, GNOME, KDE, C, Linux; Discussion threads 2007-07-31
Security issues: Security issuesMurph - you're stuck in the 80sThe simplest programming statement of the lot is the GOTO. It is also the most dangerous because you can do *anything* with it. You can cross loops, functions, procedures, etc and corrupt return stacks and so forth. That is why it is so...; Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, Processors, pointer, C, Java, Intel x86, Murph, Goto, attack, security; Discussion threads 2007-06-25
Shadows over Linux: Shadows over LinuxSelf interest is a wonderful thingPeople tend to back whatever they have an investment in. Murph has a lot of time and history invested in Unix (and Sun in particular). As a result, the last paragraph of the story could have been written as [i]"... an Us Vs...; Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Self-Interest, Sun Products, Murph, Unix, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Solaris, ZFS; Discussion threads 2007-06-20
Testilying on your resume: Testilying on your resumeMurph, you assumed...... an important point: a different resume for each position.Unique applications means studying both the listed job and the company offering the job. I've read about people who look for want ads with certain keywords and immediately send out the same resume to...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, Murph, Roger Ramjet; Discussion threads 2007-06-11
Dreaming up a new defence contractor: Dreaming up a new defence contractorPattern recognition fails when the pattern is changed.Streamers can confuse some tracking missiles.Suppose something similar here, a way to "blur" the surface signal. That could be a disguise, could be used to send the hunters in the wrong direction.A surface pattern isn't inherent in...; Tags: pattern recognition, satellite, submarine, Murph; Discussion threads 2007-05-22
About us: About usYou missed out an important detail.And of all the people who visited your site majority of them dont have a high opinion of you.No one trusts you or anything that you have to say. Only 1 person had something positive to say about you One person was on the...; Tags: Blogging, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Ubuntu, Carl Rapson, blog, SuSE, Murph; Discussion threads 2007-05-14
Programming Languages: Programming LanguagesLanguage and much more ..." John Backus died last week"May he rest in peace. My condolences.Your text is really good Murph!Languages and the evolution of language adoption is something really complex.In the computer word as well as in the "real" World.I really can not go back to Latin and...; Tags: Programming languages, programming language, Java, Murph, programming; Discussion threads 2007-03-28