Re: (not entirely...) OT: OPINION... chicken entrails, runic stones, and crystal balls... WAS CoBOL moved to OO

From: Doug Scott (dwscott_at_ieee.org)
Date: 01/02/04 

Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 11:42:06 GMT

Richard,

> The network (as web services) may be 'king' for _some_ uses. For other
> applications having a large central server, or a cluster of server
> blades, may be exactly the correct solution.

There's nothing cheaper to operate than a big black box with thousands
of wires coming out of it. If you're talking big iron, IBM can supply
Linux as well as OSz or whatever it's called nowadays. Minimal support
costs, maximal compatibility. We did all the figures - a client/server
network is hideously expensive to manage and difficult to maintain
UNLESSS you ties the users down to a standard configuration - and then
you lose the benefits of user choice. 

---
Doug
dwscott@ieee.org

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