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Technology Buying Slump

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the except-in-india dept.

mgcsinc writes "According to this Yahoo article from Reuters, IT buyers are continuing a trend of cutting costs, favoring utility over cutting-edge effect. Market researchers are estimating continuing doldrums in the industry and enterprise businesses see more 'bang for the buck' from making improvements in software as opposed to investing in new infrastructure. This is not necessarily awful, however, for those who hope businesses will start looking toward open source options as the cost effective alternatives..."

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  1. Gosh, utility over cutting edge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who would've guessed? Picking something that works over something that makes you say "Cool."

    1. Re:Gosh, utility over cutting edge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Then why aren't we using metric? It's the shiny new toy in the world of measurement.

  2. Check by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Okay, now that we have the obligatory "OS X is better" comment out of the way, we can get on with some real conversation...

  3. Re:News Flash by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even when the economy heats up again (let it come soon!), people will point to the late 90s dot coms as the prime example of why they should not spend money on equipment that provides no immediate ROI.

    Say it using an ex-pets.com sock puppet for that extra special punch.

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  4. Re:We're going all open-source by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ha ha, the troll! Migrating from Oracle to MySQL is the newspeak way of saying "Migrating our employees from salary to unemployment office"

  5. Re:That Explains Alot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I get a new 17" iMac instead of one of the new G5's

    I still use the keyboard I spilled soda on

    That explains a lot.

  6. Re:This has always been the case by stwrtpj · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's a humbling gesture that keeps sys admins in their place and makes them come up with functional miracles with existing equipment purchases (think of Scotty from Star Trek).

    So you're implying that Scotty accomplished his miracles with the warp engines simply to avoid downsizing by Starfleet.

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  7. Obligatory yada yada by Read+Icculus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Contrast the age of the metric system to the archaic measurements that my country uses. "My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!".

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  8. Here's a tip on obsolete equipment at work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you still have a Pentium 400Mhz or slower at work - do one thing - rip out the fan to the CPU and throw it in the garbage can.

  9. Re:This has always been the case by Hittite+Creosote · · Score: 4, Funny
    So you're implying that Scotty accomplished his miracles with the warp engines simply to avoid downsizing by Starfleet.

    Well of course. That and having to work with a minimal number of assistants. Starfleet were big on downsizing, even if they disguised it rather better than we did.
    20th Century - "You've been downsized. Here's a box, fill it with your stuff and leave"
    Star Trek - "We're transferring you to security. Here's your red jersey, put it on and beam down to the planet with the captain"

  10. Screw that by Nugget · · Score: 2, Funny

    If property prices colapse, I'm buying the goddamn hills.