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DATE | 2004-12-01 |
FROM | From: "Steve Milo"
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SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] What would the definition of enterprise level computing be?
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From owner-hangouts-destenys-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Dec 1 19:01:10 2004 X-UIDL: 6[S"!Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iB201A98001527 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:01:10 -0500 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.12.3/Submit) id iB201A1V001526 for hangouts-destenys; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:01:10 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangouts-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from freedom-it.com (flatbush.mrbrklyn.com [10.0.0.62]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iB201Aer001521 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:01:10 -0500 From: "Steve Milo" To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Subject: [hangout] What would the definition of enterprise level computing be? Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:06:03 -0500 Message-Id: <20041201234248.M2596-at-mrbrklyn.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.30 20040131 X-OriginatingIP: 146.245.190.197 (slavik914) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-hangouts-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Steve Milo" List: New Yorker GNU Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribe name-at-domian.com in the body to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-Keywords: X-UID: 39034 Status: RO Content-Length: 1706 Lines: 41
On the way home from the meeting last night there was a discussion of desktop computing in a business environment using GNU/Linux. At one point I said that a certain component of a proprietary software is not robust enough for enterprise level demands. I was corrected by being told it was a buzzword, which to a certain extent I agree with. It got me thinking that I didnt have a handle on what this word implies. Which I think is a reflection that there is not any quantitive analysis to give this buzzphrase meaning. I would like to try to bring some kind of meaningful definition to this phrase or redefine it. So I have a few questions. What would define enterprise level computing? Is it the amount of CPU cycles a workstations uses? How does the type or amount of applications a workstation runs play a role? How do the amounts of networked computers play a role in this definition? How does the implementation of a server play a role in this? How does network load play a role in this? A home business can have two computers and maybe a server, they can have all the applications they need on those machines. But system and network load may be inconsequential in comparison to even a small corporation. Still the small business' existence may rely wholly on this handful of networked computers. Certainly the cost of purchasing and licensing proprietary software plays a role in the perception of 'enterprise level' computing. Steve M -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ____________________________ NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene Fair Use - because it's either fair use or useless.... NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
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