Re: Software glitches leave Navy Smart Ship dead in the water

["John A. Kingman" <kingman@pmr.com>]

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Norm wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Jul 1998 21:15:07 -0400 (EDT), Mitch Stone wrote:
> 
> >Bringing new meaning to the "blue screen of death."
> >=========
> >http://www.gcn.com/gcn/1998/July13/cov2.htm
> >
> >GOVERNMENT NEWS  
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>      I read that article the other day, and needless to say I find the
> implications rather sobering.  What I'm most curious about though (and
> what's usually never mentioned) is who's pushing this.  When the vast
> majority of the people working with this stuff *know* it's inferior
> technology who is making the decisions to push it, and even more
> importantly *WHY* are they pushing it???  Is it just a case of clueless
> administrators or is something else at work here??

It couldn't be mole/nt or something like that, could it?

[shudder]

Nah, it's probably just a combination of politics and incompetence.

[shudder]

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John A. Kingman
Kingman@PMR.com