JBoss and Railo

I recently start a project where I need to: support a ton of legacy CFML code take advantage of a really good mostly CFML staff add new features increase deployment stability AND lower operating costs Sure, why not? Anything else while master rubs the lamp? The ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) is one of the early…

RIAA and Exxon

In 1994, A jury charged Exxon $287 Million in damages and $5 Billion in punitive damages as fallout from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The jury determined that $287 Million dollars of damages has been done by the accident and the $5 Billion was added as an additional punishment for Exxon. The $5B was one…

Terrorism vs. Indifference

Peanut Corp. of America CEO Stewart Parnell claimed the 5th Amendment 4 times in front on Congress. While he didn’t speak, company emails told volumes. Emails from Parnell complained that waiting for test results were costing him “$$$$.” Despite doubts over his product’s safety, Parnell gave the okay to “turn them loose.” All in all,…