cgi-bin programs (common executables) can be run from Tomcat. It is however not enabled by default.
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As you all know blogs are a good place to dump the links to your casino/gambling site or other scams. Unfortunately I actively resist any attempt to spam this blog. I manually moderate the comments. Everytime someone posts a comment, I get an email. So normally it gets reflected on site very soon. However if the comment is just to propagate the link to a dubious looking site (Yes, I make the effort to check the link, thereby sparing my sites visitors), I promptly delete it (even if it is all praise about my site).
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People hate abrupt changes to the way they work. So changes have to be introduced, slowly but steadily. Same for introducing agile methodologies to customers. As much as we would all like to believe that the case for agile development, XP in particular, is so strong that all we have to do is "educate" the customer, reality states otherwise. In my experience I have found some customers are very afraid to begin with and there isn't enough time to convince him otherwise before you lose the deal.
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