Making Due With The Technology You Have
Alex_Pasternack had a great post this morning at Dell.com’s Motherboard Website. It was all about how many awesome things the US Space Shuttle program continues to do today and how ridiculously antiquated its technology really is by modern standards. What is so great about the post is that rather than making fun of NASA for failing to continuously upgrade its tech, as most would do, he writes a tribute to the benefits of getting every last bit of value and performance from proven equipment. I recommend that you give it a read.
MB.com – The 30-Year-Old Space Shuttle Flies On 1 MB of RAM, But At Least "There’s No Blue Screen"
Posted by Alex_Pasternack
“The soon-to-be-retired Space Shuttle is 30 years old and remarkably relies on an on-board flight computer much less sophisticated than the phone you’re reading this on: yup, the craft’s General Purpose Computer uses just one MB of RAM. It kind of puts your memory problems into perspective, now doesn’t it?”
I know that many of you are challenged daily by the requirement to support legacy, even old equipment in the face of a non-stop demand for the latest and greatest. I hope that this puts into perspective how another organization sees that situation. So the next time that one of your C-level leaders asks for his annual laptop or Smart Phone upgrade citing a need for more performance, you can remind them that The Space Shuttle certainly hasn’t been upgraded that often, and yet somehow manages to deliver wonder every single flight!
What do you think about this topic? Do you agree or disagree with me? Do you have a recommended news story for next week? Please share your ideas below.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for March 24, 2010 by Scott Coughlin.
Image Credit: NASA
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