Stuff wears out but needs to be fixed or repaired – unglamorous but necessary Replacing an electrical wall socket with one with a more reliable switch or better reliability leaves one feeling quite satisfied that one has done a maintenance task well if you know the principles of electricity, can Read more…
While maintenance and ‘fixing stuff’ may not be particularly glamorous, it can be very rewarding. I know this to be true first hand. In the sepia toned memories of my past I worked as a maintenance developer on a substantial Hospital Management Information System. Victories in code fixes seemed few Read more…
Joab Jackson reports that following through on a policy change announced in 2012, IBM has started restricting availability of hardware patches to paying customers, spurring at least one advocacy group to accuse the company of anticompetitive practices. IBM “is getting to the spot where the customer has no choice but Read more…