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Why I.T. Matters

Posted by michael on from the bludgeoning-a-deceased-equine dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Technology Review has an interesting story from the inventor of the Ethernet refuting the claim that IT has lost its strategic value." Our earlier story summarizes the original claim: that there's little to be gained by staying at the forefront of technology.

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  1. Outsourcing... by WwWonka · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why I.T. Matters

    Shhhhhhhh.....I.T. flew out the window!

  2. Whew! by SociallyInept · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a while there I thought my degree was useless! Sure wish I hadn't turned down those jobs because they were not strategically sound though...

  3. Imagine a cat with a piece of buttered toast... by HungWeiLo · · Score: 3, Funny

    taped on its back...

    I.T. needs full-of-security-holes OS for job security.

    Microsoft needs clueless I.T. people to buy their products.

    Ad nauseum...

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  4. Of course it matters. by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, something's going to inevitably crush my soul sooner or later. It might as well be something that I can make money doing.

  5. IT doesn't matter anymore?? by PHP+Wolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, crap! If I.T. doesn't matter anymore, and they're throwing it out, I won't know how to do anything useful professionally.

    Time to go into politics, I guess.

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  6. Really? by Lord+Kano · · Score: 2, Funny

    echnology Review has an interesting story from the inventor of the Ethernet...

    Al Gore, is that you?

    LK

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  7. I'll tell you why IT matters... by painehope · · Score: 2, Funny

    it keeps people like me from stealing your TV.

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  8. Ahh! You're saying IT! by 3)+profit!!! · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ahh! Now I'm saying IT! Ahh! Now we're all saying IT!

  9. Don't RTFA - here's why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know most people won't RTFA, but here's a reason to feel smug about it:

    Nowadays, Metcalf is just a tool. When he had a column or two, he kept predicting that the internet would "collapse" due to too much traffic "any day now." He used that theory as a justification for per byte metering. Despite proving himself wrong over and over, he never gave up on this prediction (or at least he didn't give it up before I gave up reading his columns).

    He also liked to refer to Open Source as Open Sores on a bunch of "hippies." The guy is a dinosaur. Also, clearly not very smart in the business acumen department either, 3com was essentially stolen from him.

  10. Bob Metcalfe!? by autopr0n · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, if B.M. says it, it's probably false. Remember, this is the guy who claimed that Linux (and "Open Sorse" software) would fail.

    Although his most amazing prediction was that the internet would never catch on, because it would be too difficult to find pornography. I kid you not. His reasoning was that people would flood the net with discussion of online porn's legality, thus making legitimate porno impossible to find. (I wish I could still find the link, ah well. This was back in the day when the Communications Decency Act was being debated)

    Well, anyway I'm proud to do my part to help keep the internet running :P

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