Tom Brandt wrote:
>
> John Korb wrote:
> <snip>
> >As long as they are pushing whatever the management journals are talking
> >up, they can't go wrong.
> </snip>
>
> The former operations manager at a former client company of mine, who was
> dragged kicking and screaming from MPE to HP-UX, called this "management by
> magazine".

It quite amazes me that otherwise sane administrators and executives think
they can succeed by doing the opposite of what their very own IT staff is
telling them.  On a similar note, why do they trust the advice of a
consultant they pay big bucks to, but who isn't accountable for it working?

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Richard Gambrell
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