Re: "The 10 biggest hype jobs of 2002"

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Why is that Richard?  That CIO made a important learning experience for
that guy.  Suddenly the fellow realized the promise of the $75k savings was
just some salesman's promise.   That is one of the hardest lessons there is
to learn.


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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------

From: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 21:37:12
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: "The 10 biggest hype jobs of 2002"

Any CIO who kept that manager on staff is not doing his job.

--
Richard Rosenbluth
Rose Information Management Co
mailto:rrosenbluth@rosemgmt.com


HankHeath@aol.com wrote:
>

> --

> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]

> An article that appeared on C/Net (<A HREF="http://news.com
com/2010-1071-978018.html?tag=fd_nc_1">
> http://news.com.com/2010-1071-978018.html?tag=fd_nc_1</A>).

>

> My favorite quote:

>

> "I recently heard of an IT manager who told the CIO he wanted to buy a

> product because it could save the department $75,000. The CIO agreed, but

> only if the manager agreed to cut his budget by $75,000. Needless to say,
the
> manager decided to pass."

>

> - Hank Heath


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