Category Archives: Hall of Shame

Software Quality? What’s that?

I’ve seen some dumb software in my travels and Mercury Quality Center is no exception; however this one has got me scratching my head. Mercury Quality Center “provides a web-based system for automated software quality testing and management”. It uses … Continue reading

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Objective 7 Error Logging: Access Denied

Objective is an Enterprise Content Management system from Objective that uses a Win32 client that plugs into Office and can also be used as a stand-alone application for access to documents. I’m not a user of the application so I … Continue reading

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There’s a Hole in the Firewall, Dear Liza

I think that this icon says a lot about the WatchGuard Firebox..

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Hey IBM, it’s 2006!

If you’ve ever downloaded a SCSI or RAID driver for an IBM server from the IBM web site, you’ll have probably come across the DOS based executable (yes it’s a 16bit executable) that unpacks the driver to a floppy disk … Continue reading

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Esker Tun PLUS Requires Administrative Access

Today’s entrant into the Hall of Shame is Esker Tun PLUS which can be used to provide an ActiveX based terminal emulator via the web. This product downloads no less than 11 ActiveX controls and then wants the user to … Continue reading

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