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Stephen Elop may yet want to climb back on burning platform

Posted February 23, 2011 - 12:19 am

Remember how Nokia CEO Stephen Elop likened the Finnish cellphone maker's disintegrating market situation to a man standing on a burning oil platform in the middle of the North Sea? And that when standing on a burning platform, making a leap into the unknown -- however foreboding -- is the only sensible option?
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It's the End of the Life as We Know It and Linux Feels Fine

Posted March 29, 2010 - 10:11 am

Veterans of software development might think this topic is a waste of time, given their expertise. I have to wonder though, given the recent reaction in the community when Oracle posted a normal end-of-service-life policy page about OpenSolaris back in February.
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Microsoft releases a patch and it’s not Tuesday? Take heed.

Posted October 28, 2008 - 11:11 am

By now, weâ€™ve been trained to know that the first Tuesday of every month is the debut of a new crop of patches from the folks in Redmond. But when a patch is released and itâ€™s not a Tuesday, thatâ€™s a pretty good clue that the potential for very bad things is, well, very real.
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Patches -- proof that software is never finished

Posted July 21, 2008 - 4:19 pm

Patches are a fact of life. Staying up to date is important, even if you don't sell or support the product.
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