but I'm trying to be polite...how can (apparently otherwise) intelligent uni students fall for this?..corporate exploitation at it's unappealing extreme..notice there's no actual denigration of the product, it's just those "dumb users" (and where, slashdotters, have we heard this before?) who can't make it work...
all to get the "upgrade to XP Home" message from your friendly campus bookstore...\
cranky bull.
I work in the IS dept of a multinational as a "systems manager", responsible for the SDLC of several existing apps and for guiding dev of a couple of new ones. My background is from the business (niche finance) but I've acquired a fair bit of technical nouse in the last 5-6 years, and I've met lots of "technical" consultants, "business" consultants, god help me "Business Process Reengineering" consultants, along with the developers who have worked with/for me. Some non-techs have been great architects/designers and some techs have turned out to be great "business process" people...
Yes, PMs need to have a good working knowledge of the technology and tools (and most importantly, some idea of what the developer's job is _really_ like), but don't necessarily need to be able to do it themselves...
We live in a time when a well-dressed, educated man or woman in a leadership position will look into your face or a camera, be very clear and logical-sounding, and speak complete nonsense. That's how things got to be such a mess
thank you...I believe you have nailed the issue...it is apalling that, the world over, people in public life can knowingly and unashamedly talk nonsense, secure in the knowledge that the corporate news services will never question what they say to any meaningful degree, but will run with what they (corporate news) consider to be the most marketable spin, based on some "market analysis"..
This seems to me to be the key issue, for all, even those who (probably mistakenly) believe their media reflects what "really" happens.
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yeah, you've got the PATRIOT act instead...ha ha
The company I work for bought 165 Compaq EVO desktops with the Fujitsu drives. 20 have died so far. These drives are definitely dud.
but I'm trying to be polite...how can (apparently otherwise) intelligent uni students fall for this?..corporate exploitation at it's unappealing extreme..notice there's no actual denigration of the product, it's just those "dumb users" (and where, slashdotters, have we heard this before?) who can't make it work... all to get the "upgrade to XP Home" message from your friendly campus bookstore...\ cranky bull.
I work in the IS dept of a multinational as a "systems manager", responsible for the SDLC of several existing apps and for guiding dev of a couple of new ones. My background is from the business (niche finance) but I've acquired a fair bit of technical nouse in the last 5-6 years, and I've met lots of "technical" consultants, "business" consultants, god help me "Business Process Reengineering" consultants, along with the developers who have worked with/for me. Some non-techs have been great architects/designers and some techs have turned out to be great "business process" people...
Yes, PMs need to have a good working knowledge of the technology and tools (and most importantly, some idea of what the developer's job is _really_ like), but don't necessarily need to be able to do it themselves...
FOXNEWS, that bastion of quality, unbiased "opinion" QED
thank you...I believe you have nailed the issue...it is apalling that, the world over, people in public life can knowingly and unashamedly talk nonsense, secure in the knowledge that the corporate news services will never question what they say to any meaningful degree, but will run with what they (corporate news) consider to be the most marketable spin, based on some "market analysis"..
This seems to me to be the key issue, for all, even those who (probably mistakenly) believe their media reflects what "really" happens.
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