Storage overload--it's a losing battle

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Get a dvd burner and put your little used software on dvd. Or buy a drive array and fill it with several drives. If you fill that up, I have to wonder about the futility of the software you are storing. I can save just a few ripped movies and fill up a large drive quickly, but why waste the space when it's already on disc?

But as for the Linux issue of changing software development methods, Bad idea. It's good to have one person or group over the entire project. This allows for better quality. When software is pieced together as your change suggests, the pieces seldom fit properly. When NASA's Mars explorer crashed, they discovered that one team of programmers used the English system of weights and measures and one used metric. When the code from both parties came together in the real working environment, several billion dollars went up in smoke. IT does not support assembly line tactics or big overwritten programming. And as this becomes more and more the norm, problems and disasters in IT become more and more the norm. We are heading away from the efficiencies IT promised toward big, bloated, and highly inefficient IT solutions. While the answer(s) are debatable, at least we should recognize we need to change direction. If the right direction isn't clear, at least stop going in the wrong direction until the answers are found.

Posted by: bjbrock   Posted on: 03/28/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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