Final Year Project Brainstorming

[Choon Ming]

Tence,

I am required to create a new system based on my my major not just
informational ( e.g. a secure method to transfer files etc)

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Tence T. George <tence at ieee.org> wrote:

> Well do you have to any heavy duty programming or is it informational?
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Dave Scott <dscott91 at columbus.rr.com>wrote:
>
>> Wade Smart wrote:
>>
>>> Choon Ming wrote:
>>>
>>>> Karl,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the quick reply. I've thought of that but I still need to
>>>> come up
>>>> with a real-life scenario where Ubuntu's security is better than Vista
>>>> in
>>>> order for me to develop the system.
>>>>
>>>
>>>  I think a project that contrasts the security of Ubuntu and Windows
>>>> Vista will be interesting.
>>>>
>>>> karl
>>>>
>>>
>>> 20090524 0900 GMT-5
>>>
>>> Real life project...
>>>
>>> A school in Arkansas was granted new licenses from Microsoft to move from
>>> a few NT machines, lots of 98 machines and a few 2000 machines to Vista. The
>>> computers were very old so they were told they would have to purchase new
>>> computers. The school does not have any IT person. The teachers all pretty
>>> much maintain their own systems (to what degree I do not know). Their
>>> systems have zero security now (for the most part). One of "perks" for doing
>>> all of this is they will be granted broadband internet access. They want to
>>> move to a browser based grade book.
>>>
>>> If you want to think about real world stuff, take the everyday small
>>> things that people have to deal with.
>>>
>>> Instead of purchasing computers that meet Vista requirements, spend that
>>> money to get new computers at a lower cost, install ubuntu, and secure the
>>> whole network from the ground up. Figure the cost of IT person for Vista vs
>>> Ubuntu - the steps to secure the network from the kids, the internet,
>>> keeping the grades safe.. now here is a real life project.
>>>
>>> Wade
>>>
>>>
>> State of Ohio standardized on Macintosh computers in the late 1980's. The
>> cost of the single IT person to maintain the security on all those machines
>> was much less than the cost of the entire team that was deployed to manage
>> security when we switched to PC's running Windows 95. Why did we switch? Our
>> director's Mac failed and Apple refused to come out to repair it. In
>> response to that refusal our Acquisitions Management group killed a quarter
>> million dollar PO in the pipeline for Apple's early all in one, the 5200,
>> and two months later everyone had PC's with Win95 on their desks. Does that
>> experience give you any ideas for your senior project?
>> Dave
>>
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