Month: August, 2008

Sad - Funny & Right On the Money

23 August, 2008 (09:35) | General |

Frans talks about a couple of points regarding the MS EF. The only thing that comes to mind is that MS in the past has been accused of only listening to internal people and disregarding what the working developers in the industry have to say. I wouldn’t necessarily put Stephen Forte in that group. He […]

Maui is empty - except for Eagle Rays

18 August, 2008 (00:24) | General |

 
I have been on Maui for the past week. Our annual trek to the island is marked by a distinct downturn in tourism. It is very very quiet here considering that usually at this time of the year there are probably five times more people on vacation here. Seems the current economic problems are […]

Project Post-Partum

9 August, 2008 (10:50) | General |

General Patton, I am told, was an avid reader of battle history.  One of his favorites was the German General Carl von Clausewitz who had lived a hundred years earlier.
Clausewitz is the originator of the famous quote ” No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy”.  Similarly I find myself today looking […]