syarzhuk: Where do these MBA idiots come from?

Where do these MBA idiots come from?
Heard today in class at another team's presentation: We're going to recommend Linux because it's cheaper. We're going to have WebLogic for application server and SQL Server for DBMS

Accompanied by a nice slide with three boxes: one saying "Linux-Apache", another "Linux-WebLogic" and the third - "Linux-SQL Server".

The last time I heard something equally stupid was when a team had a tool research project. They started with saying "The ABC Co.'s IT department is just 3 people; we need to give them a way to do ... without having them do a lot of extra work". After that they launched a huge half-hour presentation measuring tools on various criteria (basically, just found a magazine article and stole the feature matrix from it). One of the highest-ranking criteria was availability of source code.

I mean, I don't expect MBA types to understand technical things, but how about basic logic???

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	Роман не читал, но хочу заявить m_p@lj 2003-06-10 18:53 (ссылка)
	Т.е. я в технических вопросах не бум-бум, но отмечаю, что "a huge half-hour presentation" есть оксюморон. Не бывали Вы на huge presentations.... (Ответить) (Ветвь дискуссии)

	Re: Роман не читал, но хочу заявить syarzhuk@lj 2003-06-11 01:42 (ссылка)
	If all they did is tool comparison, half-hour IS huge. Though I do see your point. (Ответить) (Уровень выше)

	rydel23@lj 2003-06-10 22:03 (ссылка)
	"We're going to recommend Linux because it's cheaper" а на сэканмоленыя грошы мы набудзем "SQL Server for DBMS". :))) (Ответить)

	Did they mention XML? debedb@lj 2003-06-10 23:19 (ссылка)
	:) (Ответить) (Ветвь дискуссии)

	Re: Did they mention XML? syarzhuk@lj 2003-06-11 01:42 (ссылка)
	Actually, I saved our team's asses (we were completely unprepared) by mentioning WML :) (Ответить) (Уровень выше) (Ветвь дискуссии)

	Re: Did they mention XML? debedb@lj 2003-06-11 02:10 (ссылка)
	Next time, mention PHB :) (Ответить) (Уровень выше) (Ветвь дискуссии)

	Re: Did they mention XML? krolechka@lj 2003-06-12 08:40 (ссылка)
	Another good buzz-word to mention: java midletts. Most people will nod quietly not knowing what that is. Well, then I'm not going to the college after all - don't wanna become even more stupid than I am... (Ответить) (Уровень выше) (Ветвь дискуссии)

Re: Did they mention XML?

debedb@lj
2003-06-12 08:46 (ссылка)

Here's the deal: Dilbert is the most accurate description
of a corporate world there is. Moreover, if you are convinced
by a demonstration of corporate successes, you may be falling
prey to propaganda, by failing to think that maybe there
would be more successes if the things weren't the
way they always have been.

But then again, what do I know... I must now get out of work
and not, God forbid, step on the freshly planted grass. That is
the most important managerial concern at the moment.

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Re: Did they mention XML?

syarzhuk@lj
2003-06-12 11:10 (ссылка)

a) the team before us were all about java midlets and J2ME. they had nice slides, charts and a semi-working demo;
b) we were totally unprepared and had nothing to show whatsoever; so I made a great story on the spot about how we "avoid vendor lock-in by being OS-, DMBS-, and web server-agnostic by using Perl scripts and plain text files".

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	Re: Did they mention XML? krolechka@lj 2003-06-12 14:56 (ссылка)
	Этo ты мoщнo прикoлoлся! :) Пoвeрили?... (Ответить) (Уровень выше) (Ветвь дискуссии)

	Re: Did they mention XML? syarzhuk@lj 2003-06-13 02:09 (ссылка)
	Здаецца, паверылi, але мне цяпер прататып пiсаць.... (Ответить) (Уровень выше)