www.gcn.com/print/27_8/46117-1.html
Interesting quotes --
“We have achieved the promises of Moore’s Law,”
“Much more pervasive now is the problem with software.”
“Software is getting bigger and more complex,"
"The Windows Vista operating system is so much bigger than its
predecessors, that it is not any faster even though processing speeds
have increased.”
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DOD wants apps up to speed
Despite hardware advances, complex code and heavy traffic put a drag
on systems Bloated operating systems and applications are preventing
military organizations from getting sufficient speed from their
information technology systems, according to several speakers at a
recent Navy IT Day in Washington.
“We have achieved the promises of Moore’s Law,” the decades-old axiom
that processing power would roughly double every 18 to 24 months, said
Chris Miller, the Navy’s domain lead for command, control,
communications, computers and intelligence (C4I).
