Glen Cole writes after Wirt Atmar writes:

>> And then the meeting ends, like most meetings, with no resolution of
>> anything, but with deep satisfaction all around.

>I don't see this at all.  Rather, I would expect the boss to come back
with

>"Well, why haven't I heard about this?  And if we already have these
>abilities, why aren't we USING them?!"

Wait a minute, who's leading here, the boss or the grunts? Does the boss
really expect the grunts to think on their own and put up a site to do
e-commerce and all that, all on their own?

I agree with Wirt's assessment. Meetings love to end with the
warm-and-fuzzies. Around here we have a stack of y2k questionnaires (
about 2 feet high ) from customer's and vendor's because the bosses
can't decide how to answer. So nothing can get done because the grunts
don't make the decisions. Not that I'm saying that we should answer
these silly chain letters anyway.

Just my .02

John (argumentative today) Zoltak
North American Mfg Co

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Cole [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 2:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] PCWeek Ad


Wirt writes:

> A pointy-haired manager reads the PCWeek ad extolling the web server
virtues
> of the S/390. He becomes disgruntled and calls a meeting.
[snip]
> The pointy-haired manager asks, "Can we do this, too?" The HP3000
people say,
> "Yes." And "Yes. Yes. Yes." to each of the following questions.

Okay so far, but then...

> And then the meeting ends, like most meetings, with no resolution of
> anything, but with deep satisfaction all around.

I don't see this at all.  Rather, I would expect the boss to come back
with

"Well, why haven't I heard about this?  And if we already have these
abilities, why aren't we USING them?!"

--Glenn