> This stuff happens in every industry. > True, hence the Gil Hale Rule Of Rules... "The louder the claims, the slicker the brochure, the snappier and flashier the web site, the less likely it is a solution will actually work." I drew that observation in my first year of being in the computer industry, and it seems to hold true still - in pretty much any business as Ted states.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Daylight Saving Time, automated Time Synch > > > On 3/17/07, mrgmhale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then again, I have seen the results of "consultants" who have basically > > pissed away a large amount of client capital (after getting their cut of > > course) chasing the Next Big Thing because it sounded cool, and > M$ was so > > behind the Next Big Thing (Oracle too, and IBM, and even Novell > at times). > > To be fair, FOSS does a fair amount of this, too. I think we've > probably all seen this, with the "buzzterm of the day" whether that > was Aspect-Oriented Programming or Java or Ruby on Rails or Extreme > Programming. Not the fault of the technology, only it's over-hyping > and application where it might not apply by inexperienced > practitioners. > > I had a guy put a "new technology" roof ridge on my house a couple > years ago. It was a disaster. This stuff happens in every industry. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
