tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879044552984472733.post8858800079581509404..comments2024-03-19T10:38:49.562+01:00Comments on Merks' Meanderings: Mismanagement: The Weakest LinkEd Merkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000982591510437551noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879044552984472733.post-86407523952515977072008-10-07T21:14:00.000+02:002008-10-07T21:14:00.000+02:00"Command line Kim," I'm glad you took my comments ..."Command line Kim," I'm glad you took my comments personally. They were intended to be taken that way. You guys, like Nick, do a fantastic job for all us build-hungry consumers. It might be challenging at times, but you should take the greatest pride when you're noticed the least and know that others live in awe of your accomplishments and in fear of having to perform these miracles ourselves.Ed Merkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000982591510437551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879044552984472733.post-11528961507233224912008-10-07T20:27:00.000+02:002008-10-07T20:27:00.000+02:00Great post - two of my favourite topics - economic...Great post - two of my favourite topics - economics and releng.<BR/><BR/>The financial crisis was exacerbated by greed and moral hazard. The sellers bore little personal risk that insufficient assets backed the complex financial instruments they were peddling. Thus, there was little incentive for them to curtail their profits.<BR/><BR/>In the same line of thought, release engineers are often taken for granted until the builds that make the entire team productive ignite into a cloud of unresolved dependancies and nobody knows how to fix it...<BR/><BR/>Release Engineers: When the build's on the floor, we'll pick up the pieces and get the release out the door!Kim Moirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700841495895160750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879044552984472733.post-57228912451334660852008-10-07T19:57:00.000+02:002008-10-07T19:57:00.000+02:00Boris, I'm practicing my "blame others" skills, a ...Boris, I'm practicing my "blame others" skills, a very important mismanagement technique. <BR/><BR/>I could moderate my comments to cut down on the spam, but the little garbage can icon after the fact works quite well too.Ed Merkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000982591510437551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879044552984472733.post-76391757070151591372008-10-07T19:21:00.000+02:002008-10-07T19:21:00.000+02:00The problem is only coming from those secondary CD...The problem is only coming from those secondary CDOs if I understood the guy on Youtube correctly. So Eike, who as far as I know is working on the primary CDO, should not be blamed.<BR/><BR/>By the way Ed, you seem to have a problem with blog comment spam...Boris Bokowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06344587055927544695noreply@blogger.com