SwiftOnSecurityJan 11, 2023
Isn't this just a docker container
Show threadBrian
@SwiftOnSecurity Reminds me of this.
Jan 11, 2023 at 4:56amWeb
Show threadMichael GurskiJan 11, 2023
@brain @SwiftOnSecurity the number of times I'd have liked to beat someone to a pulp for "it works on my machine" back in the late 90s...
Show threadAlun JonesJan 11, 2023
@emag @brain @SwiftOnSecurity I always found the key to be that you had to follow up quickly with "so, let's find out what makes our machines different!" Too many support/dev folks used "works on my machine" as an end to conversation, rather than a start to SCIENCE!
Show threadMichael GurskiJan 12, 2023
@ftp_alun @brain @SwiftOnSecurity invariably it was "only checked in half the files that were changed". This was in the bad old days of CVS...
Show threadYaron ​Jan 11, 2023
@brain @SwiftOnSecurity I like to believe that docker was invented after an angry sysadmin had this conversation.
Show threadDuncan MurrayJan 11, 2023
@brain @SwiftOnSecurity "and on that day - Docker was invented"
Show threadPhonicUKJan 11, 2023
@brain @SwiftOnSecurity and lo, Docker was born.
Show threadJon MarnockJan 12, 2023

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(courtesy of https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/amp/ )

The “Works on My Machine” Certification Program

Joseph Cooney had a brilliant idea for a new application certification program. But Vista’s bland white-on-gray badge, in my opinion, doesn’t properly communicate the... authoritative... nature of said program. With the help of Jon Galloway, we zazzed things up a bit: You might think attaining such a prestigious,

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