So you're saying nothing changes but our performance improves and I don't have to do any work?
I kinda pro it, myself.
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§ ita § - Jul 30, 2003 8:55:15 am PDT #4383 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kristen - Jul 30, 2003 8:57:08 am PDT #4384 of 10000
Yeah, I'm looking hard to find a downside.
amych - Jul 30, 2003 8:57:30 am PDT #4385 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Would that my life were so downside-free.
Elena - Jul 30, 2003 8:58:39 am PDT #4386 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
Yeah, I'm looking hard to find a downside.
More time on the fast new board, less time for real life?
Okay, yeah, I'm grasping.
DXMachina - Jul 30, 2003 9:00:47 am PDT #4387 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Sounds good to me.
What are we missing?
Typo Boy - Jul 30, 2003 9:01:37 am PDT #4388 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Kristen - it does not sound bad to me.
I have my doubts on the "no down time" thing. In this business you should never *promise* "no down time". Probably there will be no down time. but there alwys is some risk. What it sounds like they can promise is no data loss.
I totally think it worth the small risk of down time. But as someone who has been in this business a long time, avoid this kind of promise.
Rule of thumb:
Promise to get it done in three weeks. Finish in four. You are a zero. Promisie to get itdone in six weeks. Finish in five. You are a hero.
Elena - Jul 30, 2003 9:09:34 am PDT #4389 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
Ah, Gar, the Scotty Rule.
Fred Pete - Jul 30, 2003 9:14:40 am PDT #4390 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Probably there will be no down time. but there alwys is some risk.
And then there's WX....
Typo Boy - Jul 30, 2003 9:20:00 am PDT #4391 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
WX was a much more dangerous case. They used the old servers as part of the new configuration. So they reached a point where they could not simply turn off the new setup, and boot-up the old. In this case if something really horrible goes wrong, they can shut off the new servers, change the ip address on the old servers back to what they were and bring up the old servers as though nothing has happened. So, you know, week and month long down time really not likely.
Fred Pete - Jul 30, 2003 9:24:00 am PDT #4392 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Ah. As one of the tech-impaired, all I really knew was, WX was supposed to be down for Memorial Day weekend only. And still isn't fully back up.
Which fits in with your comment about lowering expectations.