VERITAS, t h e VERITAS logo , VxFS, VxVM, Fi rstWat ch and VERITAS Fi rstWat ch are regi s t e re d trademark s o f VERITAS Softwa re Corporat i o n. VxServerSuite and VxSmartSync are t rademarks of VERITAS Softwa re Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or regi s t e re d trademarks of their respective companies. Overview The VERITAS storage management product...

9 http://ammtiac.alionscience.com http://wstiac.alionscience.com BACKGROUND Modern US Navy ships use considerable quantities of piping to carry fresh water, ballast water, chilled water, wastewater and fuels throughout the ship. Traditionally, copper-nickel (90Cu-10Ni) alloy pipes have been used, but they are heavy, subject to both corrosion and moderate bio-fouling, and are expensive to procur...

Publicly traded corporations rarely use the nearly absolute freedom afforded them to draft charters that deviate from the default terms of state corporation law. Conventional explanations for this phenomenon are unconvincing. A more promising explanation lies in the lack of any feasible amendment mechanism that will assure efficient adaptation of charter terms as changing circumstances dictate ...