What else happened? I went down to Texas (I believe I'm supposed to say "Yee hah!" or something like that) and met with about 30 vendors over two days. A number of good discussions about products, support and the like. A number of vendors had a "we have this product, sell it to your customers and we'll get rich together" message. It was kind of fun hitting them with the "Is it the best fit for the customer? If it isn't, why would I do this?" follow up. Usually deer in the headlight looks followed.

 

A familiar face will be returning to Simplex-IT in the next week.
 

Got a bucket of ice water poured on me. More importantly collected about $400 for ALS.
 

Looks like we'll have some news about Simplex-IT and Microsoft in the next month or so. And no, we're not buying them.

 

I'm now a member of the Hiram College Alumni Executive Board. I assume they haven't seen my rant about IT careers yet<g>.

 

Did you know that last month was the 100th "Anniversary" of the start of World War I? It almost escaped me until a couple of weeks ago. If you think the political world of international relations are wacky now, you've got no idea. I strongly recommend reading Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August. Actually, I'd recommend reading just about anything of hers.

 

It's also worth noting that a majority of the military leaders of World War I were clueless (and believe me, that's the kindest word I can use) as to their tactics and the bloodshed. We've all seen it (and probably, if we were honest, lived it) where someone ignores what to most is absolutely obvious and blindly whistles their way into complete failure. Technology is littered with vendors that were riding high, and then...wham. Word Perfect, Borland, Ashton-Tate, Novell, DEC. The list goes on.
 

And we all do it. We all find ourselves in situations where we ignore the obvious signs of change so we can "stick with the familiar." If our blindness is of a serious oncoming issue, we're helping Darwin prove the whole "Survival of the Fittest" idea.

 

 

If it's of a more minor nature, hopefully we can learn something ourselves from it.
 

    

 

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