Article 95702 of alt.peeves: From: Man Friday Newsgroups: alt.peeves Subject: Re: The Castle of the Clueless Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 22:24:38 +0100 Organization: IT Service Management Message-ID: References: <6koq5d$f7k@newsops.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: devce.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: devce.demon.co.uk:194.222.54.183 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 896651823 nnrp-03:18276 NO-IDENT devce.demon.co.uk:194.222.54.183 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike (16) Version 3.05 Lines: 34 Path: news1.meer.net!nntp2.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!devce.demon.co.uk!Man.Friday Xref: news1.meer.net alt.peeves:95702 In article <6koq5d$f7k@newsops.execpc.com>, quoth Julian Macassey : >To sum it up using the very acronym that IBM >coined - FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt). AKA the FUDGE factor - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, but Great Expectations. As for your excellent peeve - try the corollary: technoblinkers. These cause the mindset of technology uber alles, brought about by the strange way that IT people arise. IT is probably the only department staffed by people who are being paid to follow their hobby. You get nerds and technoweenies who think that technology is neat, that Microsnot is king, and that newer = better. These are the people who bring the network down for maintenance when they want to, who delete apparently unused accounts, who configure every new PC a different way, and who treat every problem as an opportunity to play rather than a failure of the system. Give me the good old mainframe practice any day - make it work, keep it working, don't ever stop it working unless you tell people first, take interruptions to service seriously, keep good backups, pour your efforts into doing it better for less. Save me from hobbyists. ---------------------------- Paul Friday Who runs an IT department. To reply remove the junk from the address. alt. peeves, one among many places where mean spiritedness is practiced, apparently simply for the sake of amusement Moonman