Sean Dillon wrote:
vijay chopra wrote:
Besides, if there are meeja prima donnas and wannabe luvvies (on this
list or otherwise) that believe that DRM is a long term, workable
solution to this "problem", then I couldn't care less if they get
their egos bruised a little, and don't see why anyone else should care
either.
With the utmost respect there are a couple of techie prima donnas here
as well who could do with being dragged into the real world of
commercial media production and distribution.
With even more respect than anyone has shown anywhere ever....
(phew)
The 'real world' for commercial people is usually this quarter's profit.
The 'real world' for techies doesn't even have money, never mind profit.
Getting them to play together is hard - the problem is that the commercial
people control the money and therefore control the balance of power. They
*think* that controlling the balance of power makes them right. They are wrong.
I'm seeing a shift in some businesses to allowing the CTO to control technical
funding - driven by business requirements - not business 'proposals'.
David - who has been privileged enough to be a commercial product manager and a
technical architect :)
PS I have no idea about 'the real world' for marketing luvvies - thank goodness!
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