Rebutia

Armando Fox, representing the Rebutia group, began by noting that performance was a subliminal message in many of the group's arguments. He then proceeded to list the following problems:

1.

Managing complexity

2.

Security

3.

Resource management

4.

Flexible, adaptable OSs

5.

New computing models for the post-PC era

Fox observed that there was an implicit sixth problem, that of metrics. Indeed, none of the other problems could be meaningful without metrics and so it should really be viewed as a theme that cuts across all of them. He then presented the rationale for the ranking of problems. While new computing models are exciting, we don't need it right away. Similarly, flexibility and resource management are problems that can be made to go away by throwing enough money at a system. Security, however, cannot be solved in that manner. Complexity ranks even higher than security because a system that is too complex for users to understand will be a security risk.