At 09:49 AM 7/25/2007 +0100, Dave Crozier wrote: >The managerial mentality of thinking is usually that "big" means "safe" as >in "nobody ever got sacked by buying IBM", which, even though we as ...
>Stupid I know and I do hope this short sighted attitude changes but I doubt >it will. ... Yes indeed it is stupid. But the reason it will a chosen decision is because it doesn't get challenged. While many managers won't listen, some will. And even the stupid ones may eventually wake up if reminded often enough. So, it behooves the 'responsible' people in the computer industry to continually remind them of just how "stupid" such reasoning actually is. Of course, "stupid reasoning" is not the term to use in front of the manager. Perhaps "unsubstantiated" or "proven wrong"... :-) -Charlie _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
