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In article <ds5t98=@rpi.edu> gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) writes:
>jgshir@athena.mit.edu (John G Shirlaw) writes:
>> Steve jobs and NeXT in general use the phrase "Mission Critical App" 
>> a lot as they see it as their main advantage
>> 
>> I always have problems with deciding quite what this phrase actually
>> means... any one got a good example eplanation and/or examples... 
>> preferably ones that don't include the financial sector and or DTP.
>
>I'd think "Mission-critical" apps are those which your company does not want  
>to trust to other people.  The company has a very specific idea of an app  
>that matches the way that company does business, in order to give the  
>company a competitive edge in that business.  They don't want to pick up a  
>copy of some generic "Apps-Are-Us" application and try to fit it into their  
>specific needs.  They want complete and total control over the app, because  
>the success of the company depends on the competitive advantage the app will  
>give them.

In other words, a "mission-critical app" is an application that is
critical to the company's mission.

-mark
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