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Archive for August, 2007
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SCO Loses, and Loses Big
Posted on August 13, 2007 | No CommentsThe IT industry’s version of Lindsay Lohan, The SCO Group, was dealt a potentially mortal blow on Friday (which is covered just about everywhere). Even Daniel Lyons, the recently outed Fake Steve Jobs and SCO supporter, posted a “SCO is screwed” post at Forbes (interestingly... -
Another Critical Diagnostic Tool
Posted on August 10, 2007 | No CommentsIn my last post, I talked about the venerable tcpdump tool. For load balancing, it’s a critical tool for diagnosing issues. Another tool, equally as critical, is an HTTP header-sniffer. For Firefox, one such tool is Live HTTP Headers. For Internet Explorer, there’s ieHTTPHeaders. Both... -
The Importance of Diagnostic Tools
Posted on August 8, 2007 | No CommentsDiagnostic tools are critically important. It’s something that often gets forgotten in product development, but it can make or break a product, especially in a product’s formative years (or during big code updates) while the kinks are being worked out. The swiss army knife of... -
F5: I’ve Lost A Billion Dollars, Can You Help Me Find It?
Posted on August 7, 2007 | No CommentsMy buddy Ron pointed this out to me. So, in the past two weeks, F5 stock has tanked, and lost about $1 billion in shareholder value. They’ve up and bought a storage company, and apparently that didn’t go over too well.