On 3/17/07, mrgmhale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then again, I have seen the results of "consultants" who have basically > pissed away a large amount of client capital (after getting their cut of > course) chasing the Next Big Thing because it sounded cool, and M$ was so > behind the Next Big Thing (Oracle too, and IBM, and even Novell at times).
To be fair, FOSS does a fair amount of this, too. I think we've probably all seen this, with the "buzzterm of the day" whether that was Aspect-Oriented Programming or Java or Ruby on Rails or Extreme Programming. Not the fault of the technology, only it's over-hyping and application where it might not apply by inexperienced practitioners. I had a guy put a "new technology" roof ridge on my house a couple years ago. It was a disaster. This stuff happens in every industry. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.