The Old New Thing

November 28, 2005 - The Old New Thing

Where does an IT guy from a major hotel chain stay at the PDC?

November 28, 2005 Nov 28, 2005 11/28/05
Raymond Chen
I believe it was Marc Miller who related this story to me at the PDC. He was chatting with someone whose name badge identified him as an employee from a major high-end hotel chain. Marc joked, "Well, I think it's obvious which hotel you're staying at." "Oh no," the gentleman replied. "They won't let me stay there. Too expensive." [...

Taxes: Hierarchical Storage Management

November 28, 2005 Nov 28, 2005 11/28/05
Raymond Chen
One of the taxes I alluded to some time ago when I broached the issues of software development "taxes" is Hierarchical Storage Management. The short description of Hierarchical Storage Management is that it is a way of archiving data transparently. When a file is due for archival, it is transferred to a slower (but less expensive) storage ...