Re: Any experience with "The Last One"?

From: Rupert Pigott (roo_at_dark-try-removing-this-boong.demon.co.uk)
Date: 12/02/03 

Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:11:10 -0000

"Gerry Quinn" <gerryq@indigo.ie> wrote in message
news:nQ1zb.2985$nm6.17527@news.indigo.ie...
> In article <u86iqb.71p.ln@fenelon.com>, Pete Fenelon <pete@fenelon.com>
wrote:
> >In alt.folklore.computers Don Chiasson <don_chiasson@notmail.com> wrote:
> >>> That's my vested interest - what's yours?
> >>>
> >> You have said nothing about your vested interest(s). Your tone is what
I
> >> would expect from someone in the pay of Microsoft.
> >
> >This bloke comes across as someone who's either in marketing (he seems
> >to open his mouth regularly without engaging brain, characteristic of
> >that tribe), or has put a lot of his own money into an MCSE
> >bootcamp or some other form of "training" that makes him an "expert".
>
> Looks like I've struck a nerve with at least one usenet moron. Got
> anything substantive to contribute?

Pete you replied to yourself there... :)

Personally I feel very insecure about the IT trade, I've pretty
much turned my back on it now. The guys pushing monopoly-ware
are shipping a hell of a lot of the work out to India and China,
at the expense of Europe and North America. To be honest if
Open Source kneecaps those buggers, tough ***. They shouldn't
have fired all those IT types, giving them motive & free time
to develop low-cost alternatives. However, I don't think Open
Source is the prime-mover behind these moves, Microsoft's list
prices do not appear to have fallen noticeably with the arrival
of Open Source. Hence I would deduce that the jobs are moving
far far away for other reasons, profit margins would be a
prime suspect.

I wouldn't be surprised if Gerry Quinn is feeling very insecure
either, IT types are two a penny. However it is foolish to lay
the blame on Open Source for that. The reason for it is that IT
types were paid too much, too many of them were trained up, and
the business world has conducted itself astonishingly badly.

Mr Quinn may well feel that his entire life depends on MS keeping
hold of the market. If that is the case he is living in a fantasy
world. One day he'll call up MS support in and get a noisey line
to a call center far far away. Some days, weeks or months later
he'll get a call from some office far far away with some guy
introducing himself as Mr Quinn's replacement and "Could you tell
me what your passwords are ?".

It's hard to see how Open Source has an impact on this migration.

The wheels have been in motion for a hell of a long time, one
PPOE had a massive software development studio out in Bombay
over five years ago... This PPOE was recognised as having one of
the best development teams in banking full stop, yet it was
sending them on their way in 1999, while Bombay office asked non-
top dumb questions like "How do I login ?"...

My advice is : Life moves on, find another career, something that
gets you in the fresh air and makes you feel good inside. It'll
probably pay ***, but at least you'll have nice rosey cheeks
as opposed to a red-raw ring-piece. :)

Cheers,
Rupert