Can't or pretends is the same in this case

While he may not get income directly from MS sales, his career is so tightly bound to running an MS infrastructure his opinion is essentially worthless.

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And since he really only pretends to be technical ie: he can follow a cookbook but does not really seem to understand what is going on under the covers, ie: the perfect Windows "tech"), you can't really expect him to have any coherent discussion on the matter.

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I always wondered about "pure" IT guys. Those that are tied with supporting the entire company, doing infrastructure stuff, like file serving, authentication, email, printing, networking, backups, non-customer specific DBA, etc.

People in these positions often seem to lose focus on the company and what it needs to do to service its customers, since customer contact is so indirect to them.

They get to "tax" the organization, and incompetent people can last a lot longer than anywhere else since the group as a whole is often blamed for their mistakes, which means only a top level firing can start moving the group forward.

Seem like the perfect place for MS specific people to hang around.

Post #286,221 by crazy 6/5/07 7:08:32 AM Reply	Can't or pretends is the same in this case While he may not get income directly from MS sales, his career is so tightly bound to running an MS infrastructure his opinion is essentially worthless. [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=278535\|http://z.iwethey.org...?contentid=278535] And since he really only pretends to be technical ie: he can follow a cookbook but does not really seem to understand what is going on under the covers, ie: the perfect Windows "tech"), you can't really expect him to have any coherent discussion on the matter. [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=284165\|http://z.iwethey.org...?contentid=284165] I always wondered about "pure" IT guys. Those that are tied with supporting the entire company, doing infrastructure stuff, like file serving, authentication, email, printing, networking, backups, non-customer specific DBA, etc. People in these positions often seem to lose focus on the company and what it needs to do to service its customers, since customer contact is so indirect to them. They get to "tax" the organization, and incompetent people can last a lot longer than anywhere else since the group as a whole is often blamed for their mistakes, which means only a top level firing can start moving the group forward. Seem like the perfect place for MS specific people to hang around.
Post #286,228 by boxley 6/5/07 9:56:11 AM Reply	Oy you we are customer service thank you very much, we are constantly trying to improve the customer experience doing it faster and cheaper than ever before. thanx, bill Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #286,241 by crazy 6/5/07 5:00:07 PM Reply	Oy back Your customers (the real ones, not the internal ones) are the ones using your service. Your infrastructure is in direct support of your customer's active experience. If they don't like what you have to offer, they can go to a competitor. You don't fall into the category described above.

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