since when does fortune _ _ _ _ _ have policy? Seriously, production is a joke.
-a On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:19 PM, bofh <goodb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Ted Unangst <ted.unan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Johan Beisser <j...@caustic.org> wrote: > >> I don't think any are bankrupt due to RT. > > > > No, but the general implication with these "X is used by Fortune 9000" > > endorsements is that their selection process/judgment/whatnot is > > obviously superior, so if they use something, it has to be good. > > Really, it has no bearing on anything. Just a pet peeve, and it > > seemed especially discordant now. > > Conversely, if a F100 company actually uses any open source software, > given the moronic things in place (for example, the current place > *must have* paid support for anything in production use, no matter > _how_ small, for example, syslog-ng), it should be seen that it was > implemented *IN SPITE* of corporate policies. This means that piece > of software is that good, or the people implementing it were that good > that they could push something like this through. > > > -- > http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk > "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." > -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. > "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or > internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks > factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford > learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
