[geeks] a sad farewell

[Phil Stracchino]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:40:06PM -0700, Dan Duncan wrote:
> Worse, they're outsourcing our data center to $PARENT_COMPANY.
> Somehow they believe that by moving the servers a thousand
> miles away they'll 1) get better application performance by
> accessing them over a telco line with Citrix (the users are still
> on this end) and 2) get better support from people who don't
> actually work for them.
> 
> Why, yes, the guy who proposed it WAS wearing a suit.  Why do you ask?

It's amazing the level of isolation from reality a power tie and a
salary in the middle-to-high six figures can induce, innit?


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