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Comment That's Not DevOps (Score 1) 226

by qodfathr (#46766125) Attached to: How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer

While I'd argue that any good developer should have more than a passing understanding and empathy for operations, what is being described here is not DevOps. Let's steal a definition from Wikipedia: DevOps (a portmanteau of development and operations) is a software development method that stresses communication, collaboration and integration between software developers and information technology (IT) operations professionals. DevOps is a response to the interdependence of software development and IT operations. It aims to help an organization rapidly produce software products and services.

DevOps is NOT A ROLE. DevOps is a methodology concerning increased communications between development and operations. For example, DevOps tools may help coordinate software releases across environments -- e.g., helping to ensure that the same software is deployed in the same way in Dev, QA and Production, thereby avoiding potential issues created due to different configurations or dependency combinations. Going the other way, a system monitoring tool which collects information on software failures may be augmented so that IT can choose to collect more detailed information (e.g. stack traces or memory dumps) and have all of that data attached to a bug report published into the developers' bug tracking system. Analytics are a growing area of interest in DevOps, facilitating the collection and consolidation of product and feature usage, making that available in a consumable format for business analysts.

That's what DevOps is in an established organization. It's a Really Good Thing, and once you've experienced it, it's hard to work anywhere that doesn't take DevOps seriously.
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FCC Nixes Satellite Radio Merger 277

Posted by kdawson from the Howard-meet-Oprah dept.
a_nonamiss writes "Doesn't look like Sirius and XM are going to merge any time soon. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. Logically, I know that competition is a good thing for consumers, and monopolies are generally only good for companies. Still, I don't like having to choose a car based on which satellite radio service comes pre-installed, or considering whether I'd rather have Howard Stern or Oprah, because there is no practical way to get both. Frankly, it's probably all this exclusivity that has caused me not to purchase either system." From the article: "Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told reporters after an FCC meeting that the Commission would not approve a merger between satellite radio rivals Sirius and XM Radio... When the FCC initially licensed the two satellite radio companies in 1997, there was language in the licensing barring one from acquiring control of the other... Even if the FCC were to have a change of heart..., it would still have to pass antitrust scrutiny by the Department of Justice."
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Pentium 4 631 Overclocked to 8 GHz 271

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the smokin dept.
Andreas writes "There are always those who are willing to take things one step further than others. A group of guys known as OC Team Italy is one of them. They recently pushed an Intel Pentium 4 631 to over 8000MHz using an ASUS P5B with modified voltage regulation and liquid nitrogen. Overclocking is cool and all, but this extends beyond what some would perhaps call useful. Still a milestone though."

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