Re: truth from the ITJungle printing press

1. Santelli was an idiot for ranting about something he didn't fully or even
partially understand. He should keep his head buried in the sand for a
while. TPM, while heavily opinionated, generally does research before
developing his rants.
2. This belongs in non-tech.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

a powerful op-ed this morning written by TPM. To paraphrase Rick
Santelli, he of the anti mortgage bailout rant on CNBC ( Who has since
disappeared for the media scene. Watch your back Tim. ) , are you
listening IBM mgmt??

http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh041309-story06.html

"...Instead, we have the IBM that has fought competitive skirmishes,
not battles, a company that is more interested in dedicating as little
resources as possible to the largest customer base Big Blue has. And
that, my friend, is the definition of stark-raving mad. ..."

".. I think a lot of it has to do with the way executives are trained
and compensated ... The product lines are incidental, since
executives know that, for instance, if they are the general manager of
the AS/400 Division, this is but a stepping stone to another job. ..."

"... Too bad, then, that IBM hasn't made someone actually and
absolutely responsible for something still called the AS/400. Imagine
if that person had two options a decade ago: Make the AS/400 survive,
adapt, and thrive, or be fired. .... And imagine still that this
person was given the power and the mandate to do what it takes to make
it happen. ..."
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