12 month ago
Simon Willison : Perl on Rails - Why the BBC Fails at the Internet - Perl on Rails—Why the BBC Fails at the Internet. Depressing explanation of how the BBC’s decision to outsource its technical infrastructure to Siemens has resulted in severe technology limitations, including the need for everything to run on Perl 5.
philgyford : Perl on Rails - Why the BBC Fails at the Internet | I Am Seb - The only surprising thing about this was that so many people were surprised. A lot of BBC employees' energies are spent trying to circumvent Siemens, from desktop support to website hosting.
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46 month ago
plasticbag : Engadget review of the Siemens SK65 - I was interested in this phone because of the intriguing way they've integrated a QWERTY keyboard into it - but it sounds like the rest of the phone is a bit lacking
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