Computerworld – Tanenbaum outlines his vision for a grandma-proof OS Tanenbaum wants to mainstream a new metric: LFs (lifetime failures). Though I generally agree with Tanenbaum about software reliability, and that it is important that we (as an industry) make progress in that area, this quote struck me: When consumers go to buy an electrical [...]
I’ve now been at work for 15 hours since I last slept, most of which has been devoted to tracking down a problem that makes me want to rip my hair out and a large chunk of which I won’t get paid for. However, that’s not a big deal Along the way, I needed to [...]
Here we are. Down here, in 2007, where you live (a little inside joke that only one other person will get). I’m currently working late, and I thought I might finally get around to my first 2007 post while I was waiting for the computer I’m working on to do things. What to say? The [...]