It could go either way.
I believe there are milestones for system upgrades on the hardware side. For software, it has to go through an approval process and be certified to be both compatible and secure. I worked with a team using SMS to catalog all legacy software running on all the machines(something like 10k programs were found, with a few um, embarrassing ones found here and there as well, heh). The rationalized list was parsed down to a few hundred. Basically, deal with what is approved. A few hurt feelings here and there, but people adjust, and it makes for a smoother running system. The locked registry requires a $35 per seat per install for new software above and beyond the gold list, so you REALLY need to be able to justify the benefit.
Here's the gold disk software(pdf):
http://www.nmci-eds.com/downloads/Gold_disk_contents.pdf <http://www.nmci-eds.com/downloads/Gold_disk_contents.pdf>
The hardware varies by seat type, and there are options you can purchase per seat if additional storage, memory, etc are needed. Again, it's a per seat basis, so it can get expensive quickly. I couldn't find a spec sheet for the boxes, but they are pretty decent from what I remember. Also, most users are just doing email, word, and powerpoint. The sci/tech seats for developers are a bit beefier.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 12:58 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Browser Statistics for US Government
I looked around at the link, but didn't see what OS/browser/hardware it is.
And what happens when a new and amazing piece of software comes along that
would significantly benefit say 30% of the users, but it requires more hard
drive space or more memory than the standard equipment uses? Do they say no
to the software or do they upgrade every system in the navy and marines to
keep in sync?
-Kevin
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