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| bduncan |
 Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Padawan
Joined: 11 Apr 2001
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Location: Silicon Valley
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>> replace anything that is 20 years old
That is a key distinction to make. Because it seems to me that a lot of things manufactured decades ago are repairable, as opposed to only replacable. Try repairing a modern car yourself, with all the complex electronic components. Try repairing a LCD TV on your own - I've seen some that don't even have screws on the case, because they never intend *anyone* to *ever* try opening and servicing it 
Hell, I don't even have the option of replacing the rechargable battery on my iPod shuffle; when it goes, time for a new music player!
We've kidded ourselves into thinking that throw-away products are "cheaper" than servicable ones. The short term economic cost probably is cheaper, but nobody factors in the amount of wasted materials, landfills "filled", etc, because those decisions won't impact us for a long time...
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| mrlinux |
| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:28 am Post subject: IT Stuff |
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Grand Master
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Location: Detroit,MI USA
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Well I have several opinions on this subject.
Note I have been in the computer business for > 25 years (No Degree per say, I have Electronic Engineering Technology cert.), I have worked on
embedded systems to IBM Mainframes, both Hardware and Software.
1) I have dealt with Computer Science Graduates who couldnt Design/Program their way out of a paper bag, I dont beleive that someone needs to have a degree to be a software developer.
2) Projects that have lots of overrun and design flaws and can usally be traced back to poor communications between the business and IT as far as requirements. Also the poor quotes for how long something takes is due to
managers wanting ball bark hours on the project instantly (No time to research for accuracy) and if the hours are to high, they will just cut the hours down to stay within project goals. Well if something takes 10 hours, then it takes 10 hours, putting 5 hours on the quote will just make cost of the project go over budget.
3) Poor management decisions.
There is usally several way's to solve problems, with different costs for each, however most compaines I have worked for will choose the lowest up front cost and have no concern for what it will cost to maintain for the duration of the system. Sometimes if you pay a little more up front you get a better product.
4) Education
Employeers need to invest training dollars to keep employees up to date on software tools/products in order for them to be effective. especially for things like future directions of products, example
MQSI 1.1 started with a rules and formatter engine well it is being phased out, it would be a poor decision to start a project now to use it. this would cause rework of a project later down the road.
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