One of my co-workers sent me this article from the folks over at 37signals (makers of Ruby on Rails) on why enterprise software sucks. The hypothesis is that it sucks because the decision makers aren’t the ones who end up being the end users. While that may be true, I think this is an oversimplification.
One other interesting talk at Ontario Linux Fest was hearing Jon “maddog” Hall give a keynote. I remember Maddog giving a talk at Real World Linux back in 2004; in fact, I even wrote about it. Maddog’s been around the block many times, which is why I was surprised to hear him give a keynote [...]
A few weekends ago, I got up at the crack of dawn and headed out to the first (annual, I hope) Ontario Linux Fest. The admission price of $40 clearly signalled that this was a grassroots gathering of Linux hobbyists, but I’m sure many of those in attendance were also professional developers and/or system administrators. [...]
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