TCP/IP Mysteries and user support

It's not clear, actually, if this involves a TCP/IP "Mystery". What it may involve is a simple lack of ability to communicate. Or something.
I got this question:
"Request help w/ finding a reference or you can post a blog about how you can you have 2 oracle servers …
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Negative Requirements

Nothing is funnier than requirements which state things that are not to happen.
An actual quote.
... don't screw up cutting and pasting and the "/" vs "\" depending on unix / windows.
Why not list everything that's not supposed to happen?
  • No fire in the server room.
  • No anthrax outbreak.
  • No Zombie apocalypse …
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Automated Code Modernization: Don't Pave the Cowpaths

After talking about some experience with legacy modernization (or migration), I received information from Blue Phoenix about their approach to modernization.

Before talking about modernization, it's important to think about the following issue from two points of view.

Modernization can amount to nothing more than Paving the Cowpaths.

From a …

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How to Write Crummy Requirements

Here's an object lesson in bad requirements writing.

"Good" is defined as a nice simple and intuitive GUI interface. I would be able to just pick symbol from a pallette and put it somewhere and the software would automatically adjust the spacing.

Some problems.

  1. Noise words. Phrases like "'Good' is …
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