Impressions II - (for next? Round)

Post #115,100 by Ashton 8/23/03 7:40:35 PM Reply	Impressions II - (for next? Round) As rich a source as is Andrew's, my febrile mind tends to distill all the supporting details down to ONE er Power Punt Slide. I guess I should CHARGE for this so-obviously NEEDED service in the heady-atmosphere of Murican Big Bizness. \ufffd Ashton Brown 2003 [Anyone who NEEDS to hear this simple message in 2003, does not deserve to hear it For Free. Willful Dumbth should Not be Rewarded with charity.] [pre-Principles] (When in Exec-La-La-Land, KISS is the only specie of the realm: I Get That. er Finally... :( (And yes too - no ~~Power~~ Point sending an illiterate PHB to read Tufte's brilliant disembowellment of their favorite infant-language toy - even if you explained what a link is for. I See This.) MY SLIDE would say (after further editing for any words over 3 syllables - of course): [Slide 1] THOSE who perceive the danger to their ownership of [ALL] of their own data! - *in time* = Before it is encrypted into yet another proprietary [dbase] format next, and placed ON M$' OWN PHYSICAL SERVERS: THOSE will be moving in an orderly fashion, functional-module by-module to - an operating system proven to be stable, scalable and reliable AND whose entire source code is freely available, for every function. THOSE who in fact, accomplish this orderly transition: shall enjoy next, NOT MERELY freedom from 95.13% of the wasted time and lost productivity of current worms, virii, Trojans, crashes, reboots, security breaches, patches, unwanted 'upgrades' and unscheduled MAINTENANCE: THESE SHALL, perhaps for the first time since embracing 'computing' - actually OWN and POSSESS all of their vital BUSINESS DATA, safe from outside-ordered: ALTERATION (or HOSTAGE-holding via Draconian 'BSA' Troopers with the power to arbitrarily DISABLE one's entire System). LASTLY, THESE shall next enjoy a LOWER COST-OF-DOING-BUSINESS, a thus COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE over all those who would not see, will not change and shall suffer the fate perfectly encapsulated by the phrase: "EMBRACE, EXTEND, EXTINGUISH" (this can be explained, after the meeting) or to put this all most simply: YOU 'HAVE' NO BUSINESS THAT IS YOURS UNLESS / UNTIL *YOU OWN AND POSSESS ALL OF YOUR BUSINESS DATA - AND NO-ONE ELSE* DOES!** {after applause...} [Slide 2] {blush} [Audio] Thankyouverymuchforyourkindattention. Thatisall. Haveagoodday. How'dyadoatSaratoga,Bob? SeeyaattheTee - [END] or [repeat loop] Boolean + Bizness Ya Gotta Love Fucking With Language!
Post #115,120 by mhuber 8/24/03 12:37:09 AM 8/24/03 12:47:04 AM Reply	Three problems: 1) There is no trend line moving from lower left to upper right. 2) There aren't enough colors, and no fade from one color to another contrasted with a fade of the same color the other way preferably in a swoosh. You also failed to use any of the clip art that comes with PowerPoint, particularly the glob people and that horizontal blue line with the orange swooshie thing at the end that looks kind of like the blue thing is moving so fast the end is on fire. But the lack of clip art isn't a fatal flaw, just a few points off for style. 3) It contains an idea that might be acted upon. Worse still, the idea could result in actual profit. ---- Sometime you the windshield, sometime you the bug, sometime you the driver you turn on the windshield washer you keep going. Edited by mhuber Aug. 24, 2003, 12:47:04 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #115,316 by Ashton 8/25/03 3:39:41 PM Reply	I believe you have disqualified yourself from umm - ever again 'fully participating' in the Grand Perpetual Self-Delusion which is the evident current-State of: I.T. in America\ufffd \ufffd \ufffd Congratulations! - you are now a mature adult. May your next gig be - in animal husbandry or other authentic, useful sane investment of one's time and talent.
Post #115,193 by a6l6e6x 8/24/03 3:41:22 PM Reply	TLA deficiency exception on slide 1! :) Alex "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." -- last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)
Post #115,214 by Ashton 8/24/03 6:59:09 PM Reply	Responding to Worthy reviewers Would it be best, then, just to show a Daffy Duck cartoon and hand out a few free golf passes? Marking [slide 1] Censored - don't bother to look. It's really Bad. [slide 2] can stay as it is (audio). Am I getting it? Ashton Fun Presentations LLC We take the busyness out of bizness.
Post #115,286 by screamer 8/25/03 11:02:38 AM 8/25/03 5:59:24 PM Reply	Thanks for the advice... Just got back from a follow up meeting. I didn't use your slide (verbatum - :-0), but I did incorporate some of your ideas. I choose my normal route of attacking ideas and not the people who were espousing them. Believe it or not, (and sweet irony) we did eliminate all of the competition and will upgrade due to the cost of trying to migrate existing data to a proprietary vendor's format (com+/ASP). What is now even more disturbing to me is just how many homebrews exists that were built as a result of two week courses on VB or Visual Studio... Most of the developers themselves do not understand the types of issues and problems that building their apps on proprietary frameworks and OS's create in compatibility - even between different versions of the same proprietary OS. Yada yada, sorry... I know you guys are the choir. My frustration is growing as I get older. I may have to finally keep a New Year's resolution and start drinking - just to dull my senses enough to function in the current IT environment. All's okay for now. Just a few thoughts, Screamer Nayuwa siwatanizi, hamugagwi yaweleya Edited by screamer Aug. 25, 2003, 05:59:24 PM EDT Expand All History

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