tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde) (03/28/90)
I am working on a project that is finally moving towards pulling itself out of the dark ages :-) What we are trying to do is put together a proposal for the hardware we need to prototype the next generation of our package. HOPEFULLY this will involve X-windows on Sparcs. In order to justify the hardware expense, however, we need to be able to show the usefulness of this equipment after the prototype is complete. We've been discussing this mostly in terms of increased programmer productivity (we cannot be sure that our clients will be interested in purchasing Suns themselves, so X or other run-time advantages don't apply). Anyway, I was thinking that this is probably not an uncommon problem to have. We know they are "great," but our management needs to see something a little better quantified than that. Has anyone out there come up with some good justifications along these lines? Please email; I will summarize if there is interest. Thanks! Tim J Ihde INTERNET: tim@attdso.att.com UUCP: att!attdso!tim