I'm not sure this is in context, just couldn't resist sharing.. "The problem is not simply that IT people are disgruntled. The problem is that geeks in general are one culture and suits are a different culture. They're like oil and water. They have completely different ideas about what should be going on. The whole situation is loaded with lack of respect and lack of trust on both sides. ...
"I don't think techies ever doubted they had the keys to car. Now the suits are starting to realize it. Back in the '90s, I talked to techs who were fully aware of the Y2K problem, but they were content to sit back and wait for it to all go to hell. Watching a suit go down in flames is entertainment for geeks." -- Author Bill Pfleging<http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/22/39FE-IT-management-chasm_1.html>, quoted in an InfoWorld article warning that underappreciated, overburdened IT workers with broad network privileges represent a ticking time bomb. *Jump to source*<http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2008/09/quoted-887.html> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:49 AM, Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Touchflo 3D - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbzVuhzdCFk&feature=related > TouchWiz UI - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Ky6nwR8ms > > Shall I carry on? > > Ian Forrester > > This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable > > Senior Producer, BBC Backstage > Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > work: +44 (0)2080083965 > mob: +44 (0)7711913293 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crossland > Sent: 24 September 2008 01:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday > > 2008/9/24 Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Dave - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukh5jXjoQBY > > Out of the box? > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe
