Re: Interesting coding tidbit

From: Paul Sture (nospam_at_sture.homeip.net)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:53:45 +0100

Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> In article <41C3E043.6070403@transgrid.com.au>, Paddy O'Brien <paddy.o'brien@transgrid.com.au> writes:
>
>>
>>Keith Cayemberg wrote:
>>
>>Lots snipped
>>
>>
>>>60's. The Unix and Windows designers didn't learn from history, and are
>>>now paying the price.
>>>
>>
>>No, the users are paying the price. BG is still making billions,
>>companies who use his crap are losing billions.
>
>
> But since Windows is in a (large) niche market -- the desktop,
> the cost of what Bill hath wrought is intermixed with the general
> cost of insufficiently centralized computing. How many large
> buildings are cooled with individual room air conditioners ?

A good point, as portayed by a company who found that they possessed no
less than 80 or so different models of printers, each with their own
stock of toner cartridges and maintenance contracts.

OTOH, in practice many companies moved to decentralized computing because:

a) the users got fed up with waiting for solutions from centralized
    IT departments;
b) smaller computer solutions could be bought on departmental
    budgets, rather than going through central purchasing channels.

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