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My iPhone Ultimatum

I’ve given up on iPhone 3G after 48 frustrating hours.  Instead of today’s post praising the platform, I must chastise Apple for one of the worst product launches in memory.  Given Veronica Belmont’s experience, maybe I should be grateful for the delay.  To avoid my inevitable agonizing over buying it or not buying it, I’ve [...]

Posted 18 July 2008 † john.kominetz § ‡ Comments (1) °

DFC has Junk (DNA) in the Trunk

In a webex with EMC engineering about DFS and UCF, I asked if D6.5 would bring full coverage of DFC functionality to DFS. The answer was yes and no.
The first cut of DFS was a little minimal even for my tastes. Anything beyond basic object-related operations was either barely implemented or completely ignored, [...]

Posted 11 July 2008 † john.kominetz § ‡ Comments (0) °

I’d Rather Be in Philadelphia

I’ve been working in Maryland for two months–it feels longer–but I drove home today as part of my two days from home every other week.  It’s a compromise in the truest sense–it makes me and my client equally unhappy.
My role as architect means limited hands-on, but there’s been time to investigate a few of the [...]

Posted 02 July 2008 † john.kominetz § ‡ Comments (0) °