Because I end up providing tech support, I suggest that they use what I use. I use the cheapest technology, with the best future, that supports my existing activity (i.e. legacy/backwards compatibility). By "best future", I mean both future-proofing (i.e. it won't transition to the backwards compatibility requirement for the longest time) and the likelihood that it will continue to gain capability and improvements.
Ray Parks Consilient Heuristician/IDART Program Manager V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 NIPR: [email protected] SIPR: [email protected] (send NIPR reminder) JWICS: [email protected] (send NIPR reminder) On Feb 21, 2014, at 8:50 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Given all this, ... what would you prescribe for your family members who are > not particularly expert in these matters? > > What computer/laptop, tablet, phone, email service, applications (assuming > they need at least one of an office suite), hosting service for their new > business, TV components, video services (NetFlix, Amazon, iTunes), sync > service, ... I could go on. > > But what? They really want to know. > > -- Owen > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:36 AM, glen e. p. ropella <[email protected]> > wrote: > On 02/21/2014 07:35 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > To make this relevant to the discussion... I don't think I could ever > have come to recognize the value of such a data structure if I *hadn't* > felt obliged to re-invent (re-implement?) a number of algorithms that > had already been implemented by others... to differing degrees of quality. > > The meat of the discussion lies in the person's (or organization's) agility > to change paths once prior work, or a better way regardless of its source, is > brought to light. I recently had to characterize "agile" software > development in comparison to ... what? ... "large-scale, entrenched process" > to a CIO type who understands some of the economics, but not the > technologies. Me being largely agnostic, trying to explain the two to him in > an informal setting proved more difficult than I would have thought. (Shows > how often I talk to those types these days.) > > In microcosm, the contrast isn't between engineer-types and scientist-types, > but between ... I don't know... authoritarian vs. egalitarian(?) types. I've > met plenty of authoritarian scientist-types and plenty of egalitarian > engineer-types. I've even met some certified PEs who showed remarkable > agility when shown a better way. Actually, "better" is loaded. "More > appropriate to the task at hand" is better than "better". > > -- > glen ep ropella -- 971-255-2847 > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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