On 15 May 2007 09:05:08 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craddock, Chris) wrote: >On a slightly off-topic note, there is a large body of evidence that >MOST of the IT budget (75-85%!!) is consumed in just keeping the lights >on. There is almost nothing left over for either new development, or for >exploitation of feature function, even if that would ultimately save >money. That has become the dominant issue for most customers and >probably drives the behaviors we are all seeing. They may be nuts, but >they're not stupid :-)
That leaves an opening for an effective way of IBM directing their R&D money. And of their marketing. Energy efficiency can be done by re-using computer room heat, or by not having as much computer room heat. Getting these results from a server farm can be much harder to accomplish. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
