On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 01:50:35PM -0500, Bob Munck wrote:
> > Probably about as successful as the company's attempt to use
> > COTS software that has been "tweaked."
>
> Ah, another Pet Peeve. I've made enemies all over the DoD yelling from
> the rooftops that their new policy of using COTS whenever possible would
> be a complete disaster.
On this, I completely agree with you. There is a certain cachet to
the acronym "COTS" in some quarters that's completely unjustified by
actual experience. I think COTS is the pipe dream of people who think
that complex software/hardware/network systems are plug-n-play.
> > I remind you, Bob, that it was *you* who stated MSFT could build an OS in
> > six months, not me.
>
> And I still believe they could, but they haven't tried.
And on this, I disagree. I don't think they have a chance in hell,
not because there aren't some smart people working there, not because
they don't have the facilities, but because the corporate culture
there prevents it.
Besides that, a typical Microsoft vaporware announcement schedule
requires that they announce at *least* a year before they actually
have anything, so this wouldn't work anyway. ;-)
---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
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