Going to be One Of Those Days

Wed Sep 15 10:03:48 PDT 2004

On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:16:31AM -0700, Nick Christenson wrote:
> Generally, I've stopped reading TCO studies (except for those my boss
> specifically asks me to analyze) 'cuz I haven't read one in the last 
> decade that wasn't written by someone with an agenda that becomes
> manifestly clear in the study itself.  When I have to read one of these,
> I generally do it at home now lest I disturb my work neighbors with 
> my swearing.  Summary:  They're all worse than crap.

We need a TCO study of TCO studies.

One of the worst problems IT people occasionally deal with is analysis
paralysis -- lets carefully analyze all our possible options before making
a move.  

In the end, I suspect that the 'premium v. commodity' discussion is not
going to come down, clearly, on one side or another.  If it doesn't, it may
be that we can make a quick, approximate decision that feels right and move
on with business, safe in the knowledge that even if we're wrong, we're
probably not very wrong.

(This is, IMHO, one of the things that differentiates IT people who are
artisans from IT people who are scientists -- I've been known to decide to
do or design something because it feels right.  I personally tend to go
with my gut.  One of my most powerful tools is my intuition).  

> My predictions:  I believe that Solaris on Sparc has about five years 
> before it "feels" like, say, IRIX or AIX of today, merely in maintenance 

Solaris is dying.

Netcraft confirms Solaris is dying...

:)

(I don't actually disagree with you, by the way)

-roy