Hold the phone here folks. Banks aren't the ones promoting and encouraging the use of checks. We much prefer wire transfers and ACH transactions. Checks are a pain. They require huge capital investments in check readers and processing equipment, and many man-hours to handle all that stuff. It really sucks. Not that we haven't figured out how to do all that and make a profit, but we could make the same money at a lower cost to consumers if payments were electronic. Checks are still so common because consumers want them.
I have no doubt that if problems are identified that they will be fixed and passed along. I guess I thought there was a lot less PR noise to this test than some of the others we have seen lately. To me, this seemed like another facet of peer review by an impartial (well....) tester. Even if it is a PR stunt, we can still use it to improve Linux. Hell, Mindcraft was the mother of PR stunts, and we ended up getting some info on parts of the kernel that needed attention. Ultimately the PR noise will made irrelevant by the facts.
Having been on both sides of this issue, and in the banking industry, I thought I might add my $0.02. While 80% might be a little high, I would agree that too many contractors are worthless. I would also suggest that too many FTE's are worhtless. Also WAY too many managers of those FTE's and contractors are worthless. I would point out that taking over a project that an FTE has screwed into the ground is no easier than taking over a bad contractor project. I have actually gotten chewed out for spending too much time on documentation when I was contracting (big suprise, that project bomded due to bad management). Anyway, there are just too few good people on either side.
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Hold the phone here folks. Banks aren't the ones promoting and encouraging the use of checks. We much prefer wire transfers and ACH transactions. Checks are a pain. They require huge capital investments in check readers and processing equipment, and many man-hours to handle all that stuff. It really sucks. Not that we haven't figured out how to do all that and make a profit, but we could make the same money at a lower cost to consumers if payments were electronic. Checks are still so common because consumers want them.
Hhmmm..... let's see........ Nope, not normal. Not even close.
I have no doubt that if problems are identified that they will be fixed and passed along. I guess I thought there was a lot less PR noise to this test than some of the others we have seen lately. To me, this seemed like another facet of peer review by an impartial (well....) tester. Even if it is a PR stunt, we can still use it to improve Linux. Hell, Mindcraft was the mother of PR stunts, and we ended up getting some info on parts of the kernel that needed attention. Ultimately the PR noise will made irrelevant by the facts.
Having been on both sides of this issue, and in the banking industry, I thought I might add my $0.02. While 80% might be a little high, I would agree that too many contractors are worthless. I would also suggest that too many FTE's are worhtless. Also WAY too many managers of those FTE's and contractors are worthless. I would point out that taking over a project that an FTE has screwed into the ground is no easier than taking over a bad contractor project. I have actually gotten chewed out for spending too much time on documentation when I was contracting (big suprise, that project bomded due to bad management). Anyway, there are just too few good people on either side.