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

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