Gavin's Blog

Wow. I'm lagging behind aren't I...

During the Christmas break, the sneaky people over at Oracle Beehive Product Development released the latest versions of Beehive Server and Beekeeper.

Oracle Beehive Server Release 1 (1.4.3.0.0)

 for Linux x86 (1,360,708,561 bytes) (cksum 3962428080)
for Windows (32-bit) (1,323,732,541 bytes)
for Solaris (SPARC 64-bit) (1,408,796,040 bytes) (cksum 588471323 )


Oracle Beekeeper Release 1 (1.4.3.0.0)

for Linux x86 (391,856,405 bytes) (cksum 1539779105)
for Windows (32-bit) (351,848,164 bytes)
for Solaris (SPARC 64-bit) (423,555,779 bytes) (cksum 1546135533)


Get downloading people. Upgrade class starts soon... :-)

Sorry I didn't post earlier, it's amazing how much things pile up when you spend a few weeks away from work. I made the mistake of checking my mail 1/2 way through my holidays, 300+ emails waiting for me, not to mention all the blogs to read...

Anyway, I'm back on track. Should be blogging soon about stuff. I've been working with Oracle VM lately, a fantastic product. I might post an entry about how I turned 4 ordinary PC's into a fun little highly available test system for eBusiness Suite and Single Sign-On.

I was just having a chuckle at Bex Huff's post about "Why Do So Many Developers Love Baffingly Complex Code?". I'm a DBA by trade so find it funny when developers get into lively debate trying to justify themselves.

I've seen my fair share of complex code, some needs to be, and some really doesn't need to be. And when you see it, you wonder why the heck it was done like that...

Here's my suggestion:

"The complexity of a developers code is directly correlated to their feeling of job security; the less secure the job, the more complex the code, and vice versa."

As 'no one else can figure it out', the developer is still required to maintain their overly complex code, therefore ensuring future employment...

Is that too harsh. :-)