Author Topic: NMCI: A Lose-Lose Situation (Read 300 times)

Sandman · « **on:** April 05, 2004, 12:11:20 PM »

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040318.html

AKIron · « **Reply #1 on:** April 05, 2004, 01:21:51 PM »

If EDS can't make money at $200/month per PC then they're doing something very wrong.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #2 on:** April 05, 2004, 04:21:54 PM »

Sandman, you of all people should know how the Navy operates. I use NMCI every month when I drill with my unit. It's not perfect, far from it, but it is a lot better than what we had before. This is typical for a Gov't contract. Think about it though. Centralizing an entire network, across the world and at sea and be expected to execute it almost flawlessly. All personel at NMCRC Houston were warned of this possibility. It still is lightyears ahead of what we had.

Plus, the Navy does not have the manpower to maintain a network like this. It HAD to be outsourced to private industry.

Sandman · « **Reply #3 on:** April 05, 2004, 04:26:16 PM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I use NMCI every month when I drill with my unit. It's not perfect, far from it, but it is a lot better than what we had before.

That's the real difference. For us, it was a step back. Back in the early nineties, some of the stuff they were doing out here with LAN/WAN was bleeding edge.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #4 on:** April 05, 2004, 04:29:15 PM »

LOL, yeah I bet. I can also see a lot of ET's and DP's getting together for LAN parties and the Chief's not knowing what is going on...

Coolridr · « **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2004, 09:38:19 PM »

We just got NMCI...leaving the job to the civilians to fix a network problem is far more reliable than IT's or ET's doing it. And your e-mail address will never change no matter where you go. Plus when you do go somewhere else all you have to do is call the 800 number to get your stuff set up instead of filling out a form and giving it to your IT's and waiting a month till the lazy tulips get around to it. Plus I like the idea that my ID card will log me into the system now. It's a step in the right direction to standardize the system. Before every command was set up differently and you had guys with little real training maintaining the networks. The next step is to get the system on the ships where the LANs are a real mess. At it's current state it's just for shore commands. A ship's LAN is a fragile thing and often fails, so a new standard system will help out alot.

Sandman · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2004, 12:29:42 AM »

No question... PCs on ships were horribly behind the power curve.

Meanwhile, the people back on land, close to the money, all had bleeding edge machines. It was just a matter of time before an admiral noticed.