http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/default.aspxAutomation takes some up front effort, but it saves proportionally much more time and money over the long run. In the Enterprise, this cost/benefit ratio is an order of magnitude greater. Consistency, repeatability, and reproducibility are virtually impossible in the Enterprise without automation.enCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/archive/2008/01/08/software-services.aspxTue, 08 Jan 2008 22:27:00 GMT4fe7e88d-b128-4946-bef2-079055b364e8:534jarcid0http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=534http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/archive/2008/01/08/software-services.aspx#comments&quot;The difference between services and software is largely frame of reference. Services are ultimately provided by software and hosted somewhere. Microsoft wants to provide the best solutions for consuming, providing, and combining services , whether...(<a href="http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/archive/2008/01/08/software-services.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=534" width="1" height="1">Architecturehttp://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/archive/2007/12/31/the-letter.aspxTue, 01 Jan 2008 01:51:00 GMT4fe7e88d-b128-4946-bef2-079055b364e8:521jarcid0http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=521http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/archive/2007/12/31/the-letter.aspx#commentsSaw this Love letter from a former colleague on Derik Whittaker&#39;s blog . Sorry to be posting only humor out of the gate, but heck, it&#39;s the holidays. Lighten up...(<a href="http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/archive/2007/12/31/the-letter.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=521" width="1" height="1">humorhttp://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/archive/2007/12/30/another-bubble.aspxMon, 31 Dec 2007 04:32:00 GMT4fe7e88d-b128-4946-bef2-079055b364e8:518jarcid0http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=518http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/johnarcidiacono/archive/2007/12/30/another-bubble.aspx#comments<p>Too funny not to link here. Okay, I&#39;ll steal the graphic too...</p> <p><a class="" href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/958560/here_comes_another_bubble/"><img alt="Here we grow again...." src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:TnL5O3jH9tA4XM:http://www.jesterworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/138-00006.jpg" /></a><a href="http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/files/folders/517/download.aspx"></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=518" width="1" height="1">humor