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Richard Foote wrote:
> "Mladen Gogala" <mgogala.spam-me-not_at_verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:pan.2006.11.06.13.50.51.37697_at_verizon.net...
>> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:25:17 +0000, Richard Foote wrote: >> >>> But it's quite another thing to simply throw hardware at a problem, it >>> invariable doesn't work unless the root issue is addressed. >> Unless you throw enough hardware. There a famous 80:20 rule: 80% of the >> possible improvement is resolved by investing 20% effort. I've seen >> hardware thrown at the problem, with good results. It wasn't SSD, it was >> EMC cache, pumped up to an incredible proportion, but the intention was >> the same and the result was, generally speaking, satisfactory. In other >> words, it's a myth that throwing hardware at the problem doesn't work. It >> does work, provided you throw enough of it. >> On the other hand, with SQL generators, Java ORM (object-relational >> mappers), cheap outsourced developers and unrealistic project deadlines >> you cannot get any quality most of the time. Companies will move 250 >> developers to Elbonia, save 80% of the IT payroll, which amounts to >> several millions per year, and then buy a decent piece of hardware to run >> the systems. It usually works and it rids them of unbearable and >> expensive geeks like me. Companies work just fine, Dow-Jones reached >> record heights. It's us, the consultants, who should be worried. >>
Obviously Richard you just don't understand the American concept of "shop 'till you drop" rampant materialism. Why learn something and tune when you can spend someone else's money?
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.orgReceived on Mon Nov 06 2006 - 17:07:45 CST