NODE 6bf69ba1Re: Why I dislike Java. (was Re: "Scruffies" vs. "Neats")
"E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>Sat, 4 May 1996 13:20:10 +0800
From: IN%"perry@piermont.com" 3-MAY-1996 16:14:04.28
>Money is not a problem, but space is. There is never any room on a
>trading floor. Space is at an amazing premium.
Would switchable monitors, mice, and keyboards be a possible solution
(with placement of the CPUs in another location), or are your users too
permanently technically incompetent? I would hope the latter would not be the
case given the technological nature of the modern trading field.
-Allen
NODE 585cb578Re: Why I dislike Java. (was Re: "Scruffies" vs. "Neats")
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>Sat, 4 May 1996 13:57:16 +0800
"E. ALLEN SMITH" writes:
> From: IN%"perry@piermont.com" 3-MAY-1996 16:14:04.28
>
> >Money is not a problem, but space is. There is never any room on a
> >trading floor. Space is at an amazing premium.
>
> Would switchable monitors, mice, and keyboards be a possible solution
> (with placement of the CPUs in another location), or are your users too
> permanently technically incompetent?
The users can't afford not to have the numbers they are watching not
in front of them, even for brief periods. Its a real problem.
And yes, this isn't a joke. They all eat lunch on the trading floor so
they don't have to leave their desks. They race back and forth to the
bathroom. The environment is tough.
.pm