On Sat, 19 Oct 2013, Craig Cook wrote:
I would describe what you are saying as "band aid fixes" or "quick and dirty
fixes". I highly discourage this as well.
I have seen many temporary fixes in place 12 months later.
Related to this would be always looking to improve things. If you go into
somewhere and their setup is a bit of a mess I feel a lot better when they
sheepish admit that "we were in a hurry" or something like that than if
they vigorously defend it.
Q: What would you change about your current setup?
A: Nothing, it's perfect.
Q: What about the Centos 4 machines?
A: The application requires that
Q: But that version is not longer supported
A: It is a fixed config, behind a firewall, It'll never change
You should always have a giant "wishlist" of how your environment could be
better (or failing that a list of the 20 things your have done in the last
year to reach your point-in-time perfection).
--
Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/
"To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.
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