> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman > > This gives me pause. What were the original "site selectors" > thinking ??
Since it's a government entity, it could have been any (combination of) these, and not necessarily in this order: 1. Cheapest available; 2. "Pork-barrel"; 3. political favor; 4. political disfavor. > > Gary Green wrote: > > >We plan and plan and plan to make sure everything is correct > with the systems and such that we are responsible for. Then > along comes someone that make a decision that makes it all moot. > > > >You gotta read this article. If it were not so serious, it > would be funny. > > > >http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewAr > ticleBasic > >&articleId=9109498&source=NLT_DIS&nlid=14 -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html