[Info-vax] VSI and Process Software announcement

[David Froble]

Dirk Munk wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> On 09/25/16 21:57, Dirk Munk wrote:
>>
>>> There was a survey about what people hated most on ICT. The result? The
>>> poor performance, the long waiting times. Is it because the computers
>>> are too small? No, lousy applications, poor database design, poor
>>> installations and poor if any tuning.
>>>
>>> I have increased the performance of computer systems 10-fold by just a
>>> bit of tuning. And these computers had a 'standard' setup, as you would
>>> like to see.
>>>
>>> So I'm sorry, but your ideas stink, I have seen the results, and it
>>> sucks.
>>>
>>
>> On that, we are in complete agreement :-). There have been similar
>> threads on the pprune website about pilot training and deskilling
>> the process of flying aeroplanes. Problem there is a bit more serious
>> though as when the automatics give up, the crew don't have a clue
>> in some cases how to fly manually and prevent the thing falling out
>> of the sky. Have a detailed look at the AF447 incident for a classic
>> example...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chris
> 
> A simple calculation tells us how silly this way of thinking is.
> 
> Suppose 100 people are using a server for 5 years. that means they are 
> using the server for 5 x 100 x 1800 hours = 900,000 hours. By tuning the 
> server its performance increases by 25%. That means you can save 225,000 
> hours. Compare that with the let's say 20 hours it would cost you to 
> tune the system.
> 

Customer rules:

1) The customer is always right
2) When the customer is wrong, refer to rule #1


Manager rules:

1) The manager is always right
2) When manager is wrong, refer to rule #1

See how we got to where we are today?