[Info-vax] Using VMS for a web server

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Sunday, 7 June 2015 20:33:22 UTC+1, Dirk Munk  wrote:
> johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> Sometimes it's not cost that is involved, it is good design.  Many times
> >> it doesn't cost more to do the job "right", and sometimes it cost less.
> >
> > Beautifully put.
> >
> > Over here, the bit about "doing it right" vs "doing it shiny" is
> > exemplified by London's Millenium Bridge. Very shiny on paper (or
> > modern equivalent), functional disaster in the real world, slightly
> > embarrassing for a country that used to have a world leading bridge
> > design industry, cost a small fortune to fix. But shiny.
> >
> 
> Well, to be fair to the designers, the movement of the bridge isn't that 
> unique. We had a similar problem in the Netherlands with the Erasmus 
> bridge in Rotterdam (it was also stopped by mounting dampers). I 
> recently saw a video clip of a Russian bridge galloping wildly in the wind.
> 
> And we've all seen the famous film of the collapse of "Galloping Gertie" 
> haven't we?

Yes but :)

Making a mistake once is, in general, forgivable, though sometimes it
may indicate that the development and test process needs improvement.

If it's a mistake that's been seen before and is well known, there's
less of an excuse.

Fortunately the people in the IT world never repeat a mistake
that's well known and documented.