On Tuesday 16 November 2004 15:35, Alex Daniloff wrote:
This is a typical commercial pitch I would expect from MS or other corporate drones. A bunch of meaningless buzz words used out of content. Are you a sales person by the chance? What kind of crap you're talking about? Why do I and our other engineers need 5 years maintenance? What is a maintenance? Blow dust from our boxes?
Security updates. Emergency bug fixes. Have you heard the phrase "end of life" before?
Why do we need all these certifications if we know what we're doing?
If you have to ask that, you don't
What is "enterprise-class hardware" you're talking about. We're designing circuits which used anywhere - from your cell phone to jet fighters. You can make any hardware to be an enterprise-class. What is "mission critical"? A nuclear plant or a ballistic missile?
A system your business relies on for its existence
Why reinstall every two years instead of simply upgrading systems to the next version? What kind of bull shit is this?
You don't know a great deal about maintaining reliable systems, do you