I once worked for a company that bought a whole IT operations suite from one of the big-four vendors. There was much fanfare during the life of the project: fancy restaurants, regular hotel ballroom kick-offs/product presentations, IPods given out like candy to rank and file peons, hookers and junkets for junior execs (+ families). (How about flying an exec and his entourage half way around the world for a dog and pony show on the latest products on a chartered yacht?) In the end, the system didn't work. The IT operations suite was replaced by a bunch of temps pinging, looking at df's output, etc. for 24 hours and entering them in spreadsheets. Eventually, the temps were replaced by a bunch of open source projects woven together on PHP. So it is essential for big vendors to incorporate some premium into their products to offset their marketing (and extra marketing) costs.
Microsoft doesn't give a crap about the Philippines. Manila isn't listed as a timezone (and Pyongyang). Where is Sri Jayawardenpua anyways?
Move along now. Nothing to see here.
[...] the majority of the hobbiest-contributors (i.e. those who aren't die-hard users) simply don't have anything else to write.
I second that. As a "hobbiest-contributor" myself I have written or expanded around 10 specialist articles. There is not a lot more specialist knowledge I feel that I have to contribute to Wikipedia - hence I've not added anything in the last 6 months or so. So do they http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/07/049239. Give or take a few months.
I didn't read the stuff on CNET... I'm too busy imagining/thinking/wondering/fantasizing if they intentionally made their female model pose that way to make male readers ogle over CNET. Does the laptop imply technolust?
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Same here. I once thought highly of HP until I realized how far their sales execs would prostitute themselves for an account. My former employer once had a big integration project and HP was one of the bidders. HP had no knowledge of what they were selling. In fact, they just managed to get their reseller agreement with a no name technology vendor just before submitting their bid. Despite their obvious lack of skill, HP managed to get the contract. It doesn't take a genius to figure out something fraudulent happened.
I probably wouldn't bitch about this if HP succeeded. However, the project was a failure costing the company substantial loss in revenue from service outages and productivity loss. (Strangely enough, no one got the axe. I wonder if the company keeps a separate payroll for their "other" employees.) For a company whose founders embody integrity and fortitude, it's tragic that HP turned out the way it did. Since then, I learned to respect incompetence over outright corruption.
HP makes great stuff though. But I wish they'd stick to their UXs, Itaniums, Superdomes, Storage, Printers and OEMs and drop feigning competency in other people's products.
I once attended a meeting where our objective was to make a powerpoint presentation for the next meeting. I hate powerpoint because people spend an inordinate amount of time making colorful slides.
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I once worked for a company that bought a whole IT operations suite from one of the big-four vendors. There was much fanfare during the life of the project: fancy restaurants, regular hotel ballroom kick-offs/product presentations, IPods given out like candy to rank and file peons, hookers and junkets for junior execs (+ families). (How about flying an exec and his entourage half way around the world for a dog and pony show on the latest products on a chartered yacht?) In the end, the system didn't work. The IT operations suite was replaced by a bunch of temps pinging, looking at df's output, etc. for 24 hours and entering them in spreadsheets. Eventually, the temps were replaced by a bunch of open source projects woven together on PHP. So it is essential for big vendors to incorporate some premium into their products to offset their marketing (and extra marketing) costs.
Microsoft doesn't give a crap about the Philippines. Manila isn't listed as a timezone (and Pyongyang). Where is Sri Jayawardenpua anyways? Move along now. Nothing to see here.
I second that. As a "hobbiest-contributor" myself I have written or expanded around 10 specialist articles. There is not a lot more specialist knowledge I feel that I have to contribute to Wikipedia - hence I've not added anything in the last 6 months or so. So do they http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/07/049239. Give or take a few months.
I didn't read the stuff on CNET... I'm too busy imagining/thinking/wondering/fantasizing if they intentionally made their female model pose that way to make male readers ogle over CNET. Does the laptop imply technolust?
Same here. I once thought highly of HP until I realized how far their sales execs would prostitute themselves for an account. My former employer once had a big integration project and HP was one of the bidders. HP had no knowledge of what they were selling. In fact, they just managed to get their reseller agreement with a no name technology vendor just before submitting their bid. Despite their obvious lack of skill, HP managed to get the contract. It doesn't take a genius to figure out something fraudulent happened. I probably wouldn't bitch about this if HP succeeded. However, the project was a failure costing the company substantial loss in revenue from service outages and productivity loss. (Strangely enough, no one got the axe. I wonder if the company keeps a separate payroll for their "other" employees.) For a company whose founders embody integrity and fortitude, it's tragic that HP turned out the way it did. Since then, I learned to respect incompetence over outright corruption. HP makes great stuff though. But I wish they'd stick to their UXs, Itaniums, Superdomes, Storage, Printers and OEMs and drop feigning competency in other people's products.
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Get rid of Powerpoint as well. It's a tool used by middle managers to fake comprehension and pretend working.
I once attended a meeting where our objective was to make a powerpoint presentation for the next meeting. I hate powerpoint because people spend an inordinate amount of time making colorful slides.