On Monday 14 October 2019 21:57:50 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > If the new PC is setup right so it boots and launches the CNC software > - and exiting the CNC software shuts down the PC, and the GUI of the > CNC software is identical or close to the old (if it's not exactly the > same program the old PC ran, then there will be little if any updating > of operator training because they won't have to deal with Windows 10. > There's a lot of equipment out there that runs on various versions of > Windows, Windows Embedded, Pocket PC, Windows Compact Edition and > others where the user has no clue (and doesn't need one) about what > operating system is on it because they never see it - just the one app > or program the thing is built to use. Many newer oscilloscopes under > the hood are nothing but a micro PC running some embedded version of > Windows, with a fancy input card to read the signals. People do crazy > things like hack them to run games, while still being able to function > as a scope. > > On Monday, October 14, 2019, 8:10:04 AM MDT, Gene Heskett > <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: At what cost and downtime while > retraining the operators to deal with a new os. Didn't your folks ever > hear of TANSTAAFL? They are about to.
But whats the cost of that level of integration? Which will be paid for by the seat. Whoever that IT guy is that can do that, likes to eat and drive nice cars. I've one windows 10 home edition pc, and its at least 10 minutes to boot and run the application I bought it for. But because that app needs superuser to run it, and windows makes it extremely non-obvious how to get "root", I have to learn how to do that all over again each time. And success at acessing that part of the menu apparently is controlled by the phase of the rip tide in the Bay of Fundy and which side of your mouth is holding a wad of Kentucky Twist. And I don't use tobacco now since 30 years ago. If it wasn't for that app, there would not be a windows pc on my property. I don't have time for that level of obnoxiousness they call security. > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
