________________________________ ----SNIP-------------------------------- This type of article re-appears every two years..
It's suppose to make you "fear" and maybe you will subscribe to their magazine. Remember the Y2K thing'gie ? How many of those "Prophets of Doom" knew what they were talking about but it worked for most executives. Anton Note: Another example... "The oil in the Gulf is about the wipe out all the Florida/Alabama/Mississippi/Texas/Louisiana beaches" ------------SNIP------------------ Having witnessed one fiasco (Y2K) with one place I can attest that management cheeped out with the issue and got what it paid for. I was sure happy to not be near the place when Y2K actually happened. I do not think (if I read the article correctly) that IPC's are not really IPC's (according to the article). To be a really IPC you need some autonomy other than pay structure. I am a bit puzzled by this article, as corporations seem to be using them as shields rather than tools (at least when it comes to pay issues). Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
