Ed Draper responds to a Harry Pierson’s question, ?is the middle tier dead?? Ed makes some good points about reasons that people might still need to scale out, but ends with the comment ?distributed computing is good?. Distributed computing may be good, but local computing is better. Scale out is always a last resort, because […]
We callspring and autumn?recruiting weather?. These two shots of the RedWest Campus (Where MSN is) show why. Cascade Mountains in the background
Yes, wireless works from here
[via Corante]In?Death of Data Warehousing?,the author argues that ?The cost, complexity, and utility of the data warehouse will become marginalized as the principles of “distributed intelligence” take hold.? I have to disagree. You see,business intelligenceis not a technology problem. The bulk of the problem is in managing definitions, schemas, and information flows. This requires a […]
Kirk has posted a group photo from the gathering of XML MVPs for Sushi on Monday. Thanks to Kirk, Don, and Dare for making it happen. A number of people had left by the time the picture was taken, but you can get an idea of who was there. It was really unbelievable; I would […]
Via popdex; this article on LSD usage is fascinating. Apparently fewer kids are using LSD, and the ones who are, use less of it. This ought to make a dent in the incidence of bipolar disorder. The article claims that the drop after 2001 was due to a DEA bust of a single manufacturing operation, […]