____/ Ogre on Friday 24 August 2007 20:02 : \____
> John Bailo, Texeme.Construct wrote:
>> On Aug 24, 11:40 am, Ignoramus2733 <ignoramus2...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The question is, should four wasted months count towards calculating
>>> total cost of ownership, or not?
>>
>> No, but you guys should get canned for making bad decisions.
>>
>
> It's usually some pointy haired manager who makes these decisions. The
> techies will get the blame and the manager will get a bonus.
>
> And yes, the time spent trying to get the damn thing to work should be
> counted towards the total cost of ownership. The salary of all the
> people involved is part of the cost.
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| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
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| [...]
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| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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