Funding is not unlimited; you make the decision about what to fund by doing a cost-benefit analysis using current estimates.
It will cost $x to fund this, and $polititian/$party will benefit from it. Sounds like a simple ROI calculation to me. Nothing new here, just the way politics are done (here or anywhere else)
You young whippersnappers! I used to play PACMAN, dammit!
I used to play PONG, ony I didn't use one of those new-fangled electronic dohickies, I used a table, wooden paddles and a little plastic ball. And we didn't call it PONG, we called it Ping-Pong.
Now GET OFF MY LAWN you young whipper-snapper.
All manufacturers want you to buy from them, but usually they won't stoop so low as to try and force you to prove you bought from them to BUY parts and Equipment for your secondhand legitimately-acquired gear.
Actually this is (to a certain extent) standard practice for enterprise grade hardware/software. It's next to impossible to get a service contract (without which they won't even quote a price on software upgrades, etc.) for second hand hardware.
For running apps in a corporate enviroment. Many current business apps (think more along the lines of ERP/CRM/indrusry specific apps rather than Word/Ecxel) aren't supported by their vendor when running under virtulization with a full version of Windows (e.g. Citrix or VMware) so it is very unlikely that they would be supported under WINE.
While it is possible that the apps may run fine under WINE most companies would be unwilling to risk running their mission critical applications (I.e. The apps they make money from) in a completely unsupported environment like WINE.
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Funding is not unlimited; you make the decision about what to fund by doing a cost-benefit analysis using current estimates.
It will cost $x to fund this, and $polititian/$party will benefit from it. Sounds like a simple ROI calculation to me. Nothing new here, just the way politics are done (here or anywhere else)
I bet that regardless of cost, it won't. Because, well, it's a train, and last time I checked trains couldn't fly. :-P
Ever heard of a maglev?
You young whippersnappers! I used to play PACMAN, dammit!
I used to play PONG, ony I didn't use one of those new-fangled electronic dohickies, I used a table, wooden paddles and a little plastic ball. And we didn't call it PONG, we called it Ping-Pong. Now GET OFF MY LAWN you young whipper-snapper.
All manufacturers want you to buy from them, but usually they won't stoop so low as to try and force you to prove you bought from them to BUY parts and Equipment for your secondhand legitimately-acquired gear.
Actually this is (to a certain extent) standard practice for enterprise grade hardware/software. It's next to impossible to get a service contract (without which they won't even quote a price on software upgrades, etc.) for second hand hardware.
For running apps in a corporate enviroment. Many current business apps (think more along the lines of ERP/CRM/indrusry specific apps rather than Word/Ecxel) aren't supported by their vendor when running under virtulization with a full version of Windows (e.g. Citrix or VMware) so it is very unlikely that they would be supported under WINE. While it is possible that the apps may run fine under WINE most companies would be unwilling to risk running their mission critical applications (I.e. The apps they make money from) in a completely unsupported environment like WINE.
That's old school. Today Jack Bauer just tortures the terrorist and gets him to tell the access code before the commercial break.
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