You should refer to the article
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/06/writestuff.ht ml entitled "They Write The Right Stuff" for some information about the developers who write the software for the Space Shuttle. It partially addresses your question.
"Most people choose to spend their money at the wrong end of the process," says Munson. "In the modern software environment, 80% of the cost of the software is spent after the software is written the first time -- they don't get it right the first time, so they spend time flogging it. In shuttle, they do it right the first time. And they don't change the software without changing the blueprint. That's why their software is so perfect."
Actually, we could use those nifty ion drives (like on Deep Space 1) and some really good AI to push much of the larger debris back into the atmosphere.
The Super-K has already produced some good scientific results. I'd like to see them discontinue this experiment and focus the resources on the next one.
Follow Apple's lead. They know that floppy disks are essentially useless today. Operating systems can be booted and installed from CD-ROM. It's not very difficult to make a bootable CD either.
Besides, would you trust your important data to a 10 cent piece of plastic? Most people's data is more important than that.
My recommendation:
1. Stop supporting floppy diskettes. Don't even attempt to fix a bad floppy disk and don't hand any out.
2. See if you can order computers without floppy drives.
3. When people ask you what they are supposed to do without their floppy, explain first why you don't support them (unreliable, small capacity) and then suggest alternatives -- Zip, CD-RW, or the best one... the network!!!
Since when does any company dictate what I buy? I'd have told Intel to take a flying leap! If I need 15% Mac to do my job, then that is what I need and Intel should be happy that I buy their products at all.
Covering up those computers could have permanently damaged them. It's not appropriate for any company to make requests like that.
If the companies don't like it, they can leave -- and lose my money.
I think not. I seriously doubt they spent over $54,000 per node, even if the nodes have 2GB RAM and Ultra160 RAID5 disk arrays. More likely, they spent a great deal of money on high speed networking equipment (possibly fibre switches). Don't ya think?
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This NetWare 5.1 SP4 BETA was announced by Novell on 01-FEB-2002 so it looks as though they are nearly ready to release it.
Filename: B4N51SP4.EXE
Size: 300366795
Document ID: 2961420
Title: BETA 2 - NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 4
Distribution: Beta
Abstract:
BETA 2 - NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 4 (Update 2)
I'm not sure about Win32, but Novell Distributed Print Services has code hooks that would allow such monitoring and control.
You can get the developer documentation for free from Novell's website. If you have a programmer available you could write an in-house solution.
If that solution worked out, you might be able to make some money from it.
You should refer to the article http://www.fastcompany.com/online/06/writestuff.h
"Most people choose to spend their money at the wrong end of the process," says Munson. "In the modern software environment, 80% of the cost of the software is spent after the software is written the first time -- they don't get it right the first time, so they spend time flogging it. In shuttle, they do it right the first time. And they don't change the software without changing the blueprint. That's why their software is so perfect."
Actually, we could use those nifty ion drives (like on Deep Space 1) and some really good AI to push much of the larger debris back into the atmosphere.
The Super-K has already produced some good scientific results. I'd like to see them discontinue this experiment and focus the resources on the next one.
Boycott XBox and watch M$'s stock price tumble.
What the heck is this 64-bit Windows link then?
Follow Apple's lead. They know that floppy disks are essentially useless today. Operating systems can be booted and installed from CD-ROM. It's not very difficult to make a bootable CD either.
Besides, would you trust your important data to a 10 cent piece of plastic? Most people's data is more important than that.
My recommendation:
1. Stop supporting floppy diskettes. Don't even attempt to fix a bad floppy disk and don't hand any out.
2. See if you can order computers without floppy drives.
3. When people ask you what they are supposed to do without their floppy, explain first why you don't support them (unreliable, small capacity) and then suggest alternatives -- Zip, CD-RW, or the best one... the network!!!
Here's the link for you who are web-challenged....
http://www.mtsc.unt.edu/CooLN2Car.html
http://www.mtsc.unt.edu/CooLN2Car.html
The University of North Texas has been working on this project for a while. Check the website for more details.
Since when does any company dictate what I buy? I'd have told Intel to take a flying leap! If I need 15% Mac to do my job, then that is what I need and Intel should be happy that I buy their products at all.
Covering up those computers could have permanently damaged them. It's not appropriate for any company to make requests like that.
If the companies don't like it, they can leave -- and lose my money.
I think not. I seriously doubt they spent over $54,000 per node, even if the nodes have 2GB RAM and Ultra160 RAID5 disk arrays. More likely, they spent a great deal of money on high speed networking equipment (possibly fibre switches). Don't ya think?