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To: rudedog who wrote (44576)	5/23/1998 4:25:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (2) of 176387

Rudedog, I am in no position to defend Meathead's projected costs -- he can do that. I have no idea of what the true costs are. I am a financial analyst, not a computer specialist. I was simply illustrating how one goes about minimizing costs using the data generated by IT folks such as you and Meathead. Meathead said he was oversimplifying for the purpose of making some points. I used those numbers as a starting point for analysis. Bear in mind that costs to install, operate and maintain anything (highways, plastic injection molding machinery, computers -- it doesn't matter) vary from organization to organization -- this is not a one size fits all argument. You said one thing in your post however that does not ring true to my naive ears. You said that the technology curve is continuous, by which I take to mean that it progresses by minute amounts. But it seems to me that that is not the case. For example, isn't it safe to say that the migration from DOS based software to Windows based software is a quantum leap? How about the changeover from 286-based machines to 386 processors? Aren't these examples of technological discontinuities? TTFN, CTC

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