This was a scam, pure and simple. There are people who over-complicate in order to charge more for their services. I have ad several clients who, as computer consultants, have hyped this in order to further their own businesses and make lots of money. They are the same guys who rationalize when over-charging or ten seconds worth of service by stating that "it took me ten years to get this knowledge." There are people who perpetuate little modern-aged CABALS like this, who keep things just mystified enough, who use just enough jargon and just enough mirrors to make the trivial seem impenetrable to the average non-specialist. Thw world is full of them. And it gives the ethical consultants a bad name. While there were, truly, some bugs that IT people found around while rooting for y2k code problems, this is, for the most part, a raving example of CABAL-style consultancies going wild. [Anybody want their click-through rates analyzed?]
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This was a scam, pure and simple. There are people who over-complicate in order to charge more for their services. I have ad several clients who, as computer consultants, have hyped this in order to further their own businesses and make lots of money. They are the same guys who rationalize when over-charging or ten seconds worth of service by stating that "it took me ten years to get this knowledge." There are people who perpetuate little modern-aged CABALS like this, who keep things just mystified enough, who use just enough jargon and just enough mirrors to make the trivial seem impenetrable to the average non-specialist. Thw world is full of them. And it gives the ethical consultants a bad name. While there were, truly, some bugs that IT people found around while rooting for y2k code problems, this is, for the most part, a raving example of CABAL-style consultancies going wild. [Anybody want their click-through rates analyzed?]