2 Apr
2013
2 Apr
'13
7:12 p.m.
On 04/02/2013 09:59 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
Damn suits. This is what happens when our society allows people who are
better suited to being late-shift fast food restaurant managers, or
perhaps just bank robbers, get into upper management.
This should offend any engineer, who if she is any good, is well trained in
parsimony of solutions.
Yes. I had an argument a few days ago with an "engineer" (who is a
salesman who apparently USED to be an engineer) who loves the fact that
people send huge HTML-laden emails around, because he SELLS STORAGE SYSTEMS.
I thought I'd vomit. But I flamed him to the waterline instead.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Does the
phrase "planned obsolescence" mean anything to anybody?
Don't get me started. Look at the upgrade chain for commercial Solaris
these days. ... Yes, you
really don't need new hardware for your environment due to capacity
issues, but you do if you want to ensure the product you use for
security monitoring is secure, you need to fork out $50k+.