They key to control is knowledge, withholding information. Have you ever had a plumber, electrician, or car mechanic, just shrug his shoulders, give you a blank stare, or mutter some meaningless thing whenever you start asking him legitimate questions?
IT consultants have been known to do the same thing. If you keep your clients dumb your will always be able to control, push them around, tell them anything you want. What's best of all you create a need, a dependency, for yourself. My style has always been the opposite, to give my clients as much information as possible so they do NOT need me. I tell my clients that my job is to put myself out of a job just as quickly as possible and at the least cost to them". I have been very successful at it. ;-). On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:21 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > IBM REDBOOKS have been a rich source of information for Years. > I have always directed new bees to the ABCs of MVS (all 12 Volumes) > as a starting point. > > Without identifying individuals I have it on good authority that IBM > intended to stop developing the "REDBOOK" Series of publications. > My contact at IBM, stated that other IBMers displayed there resentment to > dis-continuing the IBM REDBOOKS series. > > REDBOOKs do not only affect the Mainframe, they affect all other > distributed platforms. > > Apparently the Bean Counters at IBM only understand numbers. > How does one put a $$$$$ Value on Intellectual Capital ? > > The Discontinuance of the REDBOOK Series has been postponed to 2011. > 2010 will be the last Year for any New IBM REDBOOKS. > > This is a bad decision on IBMs part. > > > You Comments > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Diet Help > Cheap Diet Help Tips. Click here. > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=322ZpkcD1O_69jHFqK2GQQAAJ1DMCvI8C_EKS4yGKHO7DleMAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYQAAAAAA= > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
