Cory Papenfuss wrote:
Once marketing gets ahold of the system, the engineers have
lost.
Mark!
This reminds me of one of my favorite Dilbert strips, it goes like this:
Dilbert goes to the curly haired manager and says "The power supply in
out product overheats"
The curly haired guy goes to the 1st level marketing guy and says "I
think they might burst into flames"
The 1st level marketing guy goes to the marketing VP and says "I'm no
engineer but obviously it could level a whole city"
The marketing VP does a presentation slide with the big time army
general and says "The military application is obvious". The background
slide shows a big "Pow!" and puffs of smoke.
The big time army general says "How much do they cost?"
The marketing VP answers "Does ten million dollars sound like too much?"
The army general responds "For that kind of money I expect a free
hammer!" and "And a consulting job when I retire"
Final scene shows the curly haired manager approaching Dilbert and
saying "If an uninhabited atoll doesn't blow up tomorrow you're in big
trouble"
rg
