Do these apps really exist?

[David W]

I am convinced that these Microsoft applications don't actually do anything.
These are exactly the kinds of names you'd come up with if you want something
non-existent to sound legitimate, just as sci-fi movies somethimes use
technical-sounding names for devices without actually explaining what they do. I
bet if I installed one of these there'd be a nice looking interface with some
menus, but it wouldn't really do anything useful:

Compute Cluster Pack
Customer Support Diagnostics for Windows XP
Group Policy Console Management
Connected Services Framework
Customer Care Framework
Host Integration Server
Identity Integration Server
Office Communicator
Systems Management Server
Content Management Server
Business Solutions Customer Relationship Management
Business Contact Manager

And my favourite:
System Center Capacity Planner and Data Protection Manager

David

 

[philo]

I am convinced that these Microsoft applications don't actually do anything.
These are exactly the kinds of names you'd come up with if you want something
non-existent to sound legitimate, just as sci-fi movies somethimes use
technical-sounding names for devices without actually explaining what they do. I
bet if I installed one of these there'd be a nice looking interface with some
menus, but it wouldn't really do anything useful:

<snip>

Well on a home computer...they'd have no use


but if you administrated a server...you'd possibly want to use some of the
apps

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I am convinced that these Microsoft applications don't actually do

anything.

You'd be wrong, then. They do exist but don't have much if any relevance
to single-computer or small-network users.

For users of larger networks that include more than just standalone PCs
(like servers and mainframes) they do indeed perform valuable functions.

These are exactly the kinds of names you'd come up with if you want something
non-existent to sound legitimate, just as sci-fi movies somethimes use
technical-sounding names for devices without actually explaining what they do. I
bet if I installed one of these there'd be a nice looking interface with some
menus, but it wouldn't really do anything useful:

Not useful to you, perhaps, but if you were administering a larger network
you would likely have a somewhat diffferent view.

Compute Cluster Pack
Customer Support Diagnostics for Windows XP
Group Policy Console Management
Connected Services Framework
Customer Care Framework
Host Integration Server
Identity Integration Server
Office Communicator
Systems Management Server
Content Management Server
Business Solutions Customer Relationship Management
Business Contact Manager

And my favourite:
System Center Capacity Planner and Data Protection Manager

David

A small amount of research will tell you what these items do and in what
contexts they work.

HTH
-pk