tomhudson's Journal: Sometimes ...

Laugh ... or cry.

1. A week after finding out that the client expects to be able to run the software I'm writing on a Windows server ... on a 50mbit line with 30mbit devoted to VoIP ... on a server that isn't even built yet ... because they "need to keep it in house" ...
2. This morning, they call because they want to know if we can set it up on an external server they're thinking of leasing for a month ... because the Windows drivers aren't available for the hard disks they ordered ... and they won't have their server ready in time ...
3. I point them to the new server, which is currently running the software wickedly fast, with the ability to handle in one day, every day, 3 months worth of expected traffic without breaking a sweat, on a domain we registered just for that purpose ...
4. ... they want to run it as a subdomain off another server ... and the DNS "A" record to direct traffic from subdomain requests for the old server to the new server refuses to propagate. Lesson learned - if a customer has stuff on 1 & 1, be prepared for problems.

Sad, really

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Most people are idiots. I hope your ability to keep your honest mouth shut remains for just long enough...

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[tomhudson]

That's becoming a problem ... their IT guy is windows-only, and he's into empire building. And all these are new requests in the last week. Originally, it was going to be on the same server (they never said anything about it needing to support 50,000 users ...)

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[Shadow Wrought]

their IT guy is windows-only, and he's into empire building.

Dollars to donuts he's older, too. Doesn't really grok the technology any more, and is threatened as hell by someone like you. A woman, who knows her stuff, has kept pace with technology, and knows exactly what she's doing. There's really no cure for that. If he's anything at all like the IT type we had a while back, he's also telling his people that you're incompetent, ignorant, and probably lazy too boot. And you want control over the ser

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[tomhudson]

Who knows ... you may be right. All I know is that this has become a real time sink.

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[peacefinder]

Hmm. Nice sig. Never occurred to me to factor my uid before.

I am pleased to find that while it is a composite number, it is the product of two primes. :-)

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[Shadow Wrought]

You know, I didn't even notice that's what she did. Now I have to factor mine :-)

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[tomhudson]

I've about had it. We have 2 major launches next week - one I'll have to work on all weekend to try and complete for Monday, and another one Thursday that at this point, I won't complete unless I can continue to work 16 to 24-hour days - and I can't - not if I want to find some time to see a doctor about my eye.

So it's come down to that - and my sight is more important.