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Talk about misplaced priorities. This story from the DailyWTF (ah, DailyWTF - what would I do without you?) starts with a story about poor network performance, but ends with the world's most secure insecure server.
The President smirked. As they waited for the elevator, he told Jack about the facility. It was a decommissioned military bunker with a 40,000-square foot, two-story underground facility. They had air scrubbers, generators, food, water -- enough supplies to last completely cut off from the world for at least two months. They even had decontamination showers and holding cells. Yes, holding cells.
I know network security is a big deal, but I've never known an IT department to need a holding cell. (Decontamination showers, on the other hand…)
Mike-O-Matic: The Three Kinds of IT Shops: Which is Yours?
Mr. O'Matic breaks down the different types of IT departments into three groups - places that think of everything in terms of databases, places that look at everything in terms of application frameworks, and places that put an emphasis on design and the front end.
If you are a developer working in a culture that is different from how you approach technology, you are likely to butt heads a lot with your coworkers. It's sort of a square-peg-in-round-hole situation. Once I was working at a place that was squarely in the SQL Squad camp. Our inventory management software was very feature-rich, but was overkill for many of our customers. As the person who handled all of our customer support, I was acutely aware of this pain. "What the hell is a Master Item?" they would ask. "Why can't I just add a jar of pickles?"
Unfortunately, you need to have at least 13 hearts before you pick up the Master Item. However, you can get the pickles from the old man under the tree for 70 rupees.
The article isn't surprising - the source is. This is a roadmap for developers migrating from Windows to Linux from IBM's e-business architect, Chris Walden.
This roadmap is designed to help you take the experience and knowledge that you already have in computing and redirect it to working in Linux. It's not the only reference you'll ever need, but it will help you get past some of your first obstacles and adjust to a new and, I think, exciting approach to computing. As you follow this roadmap, you'll discover many new resources to help you learn, troubleshoot, and manage Linux.
