From: Robert Comer 

>Sometimes I'd just like for stuff to work.

That certainly would be nice.  It doesn't work that way nearly enough in
this business.

>I'd say sooner than later.  But if web based apps/thinner clients do
>succeed, I'd think it would delay the acceptance longer.

I doubt it around here.  Most of our PC work is just general office apps,
nothing needed huge there.

>Book?  I meant box.  Jeese.

I did wonder a bit. 

>That sounds great!  I am definitely wanting to end server creep.  I
>figure I should need 4 machines tops.

I wouldn't be surprised, There's some interesting clustering stuff coming
down the line. (for backup and failover)

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Bob Comer



On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:52:05 -0400, Richard B.  wrote:

>On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:20:35 -0400, Robert Comer
> wrote:
>
>>Welcome to Vista! 
>
>Sometimes I'd just like for stuff to work.
>
>>For you guys, I totally agree, for me, still not in the foreseeable
>>future, 5 to 10 years at least. (but it'll come eventually, if only
>>for the OS.)
>
>I'd say sooner than later.  But if web based apps/thinner clients do
>succeed, I'd think it would delay the acceptance longer.
>
>
>>>I will be do that soon, I think, on the server.  Probably my next book
>>>later this summer.
>
>Book?  I meant box.  Jeese.
>
>>I've run a mirror for Barktopus in a VM for the last couple of years
>>at home. (Win2000 pro in the VM running in a Virtual Server VM and the
>>host has been either Vista or XP MCE)  It really doesn't even effect
>>my main use of the PC at all, I don't even shut it down to play games
>>on the PC.  Before I needed a separate PC to do the mirror, now I save
>>the power.  I'm down from 5 powered on computers in my computer room
>>to 2 powered on, and a third that doesn't run all the time...
>
>That sounds great!  I am definitely wanting to end server creep.  I
>figure I should need 4 machines tops.
>
>- Richard

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