[71029] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Worst case worm damage estimates: Research
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Sun Jun 6 00:02:36 2004
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 21:00:39 -0700
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net>,
<nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.
> Just one question--who is paying to get the production
> work done while all this is going on?
I never said it was free, but nothing close to the figures mentioned
earlier. Reality check guys: a desktop PC costs $500 these days,
spending $800 to repair a used one does not make sense.
If your desktop support guys are half-organized, they have a replacement
machine ready to install when the user calls for service, then the
machine that as problem (which often is PICNIC: Problem In Chair Not In
Computer) goes on the bench where the time it takes to reload a fresh
Windows is 5 minutes, time to plug the cables in and pop the Ghost CD
in.
Michel.
