The government always uses older technology because it has had much more time to prove itself reliable. Just like with the Shuttle which is mostly '60s technology.
I strongly disagree that the dead-tree business is going away though - there is always room, and I think will always be for books and papers. For one, although they are possible to take with you on the toilet and to bed, they are not comfortable. Hell, it isn't even comfortable reading from your laptop when sitting in your favourite chair.
Until these 'paper' monitors become practical and cheap. Then I think you will see a big change.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/j un 2002/tc20020617_5587.htm
I think the key to your comment would be the 3 machines you've had to support. Not too much time lost installing from CD's, or hunting for that NIC driver diskette. Let's see you roll out 50 machines in a weekend and install all of them the conventional way. Or support 900+ PC's by carrying around all the drivers and install disks you need for every combination of hardware that's out there. Or clean that virus...
You might not want tech's touching your PC but I bet your boss's admin doesn't feel that way or for that matter your boss. I also bet you wouldn't have any problem calling a tech when the payroll system is down and tomorrow is payday.
Are you kidding? As a PC tech I use floppies all the time. Sure they are slow and unreliable, but you can count on every PC having one. With your trusty network boot disk in hand the only other tool you need is a screwdriver.
Since they went bankrupt. Now it's AT&T Broadband Internet. They've already changed my email address and throttled down my bandwidth. I hope it doesn't get worse.
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The government always uses older technology because it has had much more time to prove itself reliable. Just like with the Shuttle which is mostly '60s technology.
I strongly disagree that the dead-tree business is going away though - there is always room, and I think will always be for books and papers. For one, although they are possible to take with you on the toilet and to bed, they are not comfortable. Hell, it isn't even comfortable reading from your laptop when sitting in your favourite chair.
j un 2002/tc20020617_5587.htm
Until these 'paper' monitors become practical and cheap. Then I think you will see a big change.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/
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I think the key to your comment would be the 3 machines you've had to support. Not too much time lost installing from CD's, or hunting for that NIC driver diskette. Let's see you roll out 50 machines in a weekend and install all of them the conventional way. Or support 900+ PC's by carrying around all the drivers and install disks you need for every combination of hardware that's out there. Or clean that virus...
You might not want tech's touching your PC but I bet your boss's admin doesn't feel that way or for that matter your boss. I also bet you wouldn't have any problem calling a tech when the payroll system is down and tomorrow is payday.
Are you kidding? As a PC tech I use floppies all the time. Sure they are slow and unreliable, but you can count on every PC having one. With your trusty network boot disk in hand the only other tool you need is a screwdriver.
Since they went bankrupt. Now it's AT&T Broadband Internet. They've already changed my email address and throttled down my bandwidth. I hope it doesn't get worse.