I think that 999 of the thousand can be brought into the virtual realm - and that companies that do so will find their ability to measure and chnage the importa

I think that 999 of the thousand can be brought into the virtual realm - and that companies that do so will find their ability to measure and chnage the important non functional requirements will be an advantage. Just some ideas: - speed (obvious) - capacity (that's fairly obvious too) - reliability (MTBF, incident count) - The Google Speed vs stability metric - usability (starts out as a toughie but if you record users mouse / UI activity then it becomes measureable - and this is kind of the point - the more HCI is captured and available to the "virtual world" the more these problems are within reach. the more software eats, the more it can eat. - scalability : scaling up or down? Measureable