ctcgag_at_hotmail.com wrote in message news:<20030404195801.391$P0_at_newsreader.com>...
> Mark.Powell_at_eds.com (Mark D Powell) wrote:
> > Numo, I have added a couple of comments for any interested parties on
> > your observations. I cut the post down to save unnecessary text.
> >
> >
> > The problem is that in the short-term it is cheaper to connect the new
> > with the old than to convert the old technology to modern technology.
> > Unfortunately this usually results in high maintenance costs due in
> > part to very difficult modification efforts. But management only
> > looks at the short-term numbers.
>
> Are even the long term numbers favorable for switching to new technology?
> Afterall, the long term is just the union of a bunch of short terms, and
> it's not like "new technology" will still be new by the time you get
> ported to it.
>
> Xho
Nice point.
Received on Sat Apr 05 2003 - 16:04:36 CST
