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Does this list of seven from CIO Magazine really name the top places in the IT world?
What do you think should make the list of the seven wonders of the IT world?
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Chuckle, how about some of the pictures that have been posted here on TR about wire nightmares. It's a wonder people come out of there alive.
Super computers shouldn't be on the list. They will always get bigger and faster.
How about the mars rovers? They have been going years past their life expectancy?
Dan
Super computers shouldn't be on the list. They will always get bigger and faster.
How about the mars rovers? They have been going years past their life expectancy?
Dan
How can the internet itself not even be mentioned and linux kernel is?? One day we'll look upon Linux as we do the 'Homebrew computer club'(IMO).
It's difficult to see how any change has has more of an impact on the world's use of computer technology than the Internet.
And Linux as number 1 ?????? It's just another operating environment.
And Linux as number 1 ?????? It's just another operating environment.
There are a lot more impressive and exciting options than what was on this list.
I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but one would be Wal-Mart's IT network, complete with the private satellite constellation and the inventory system.
Who's the best boxer of all time? Ali or Joe Lewis?
Who's the most influential rock band? The Beatles or Bill Haley and the Comets?
What was the most usable 8-bit personal computer ever made? The Commodore 64 or the Apple IIe?
Where does it stop? As far as IT tools go, how about XTreePro? The development of USB? SpinRite? DSL? (or maybe ISDN?) Electric screwdrivers? UTP?
I think CIO Magazine needs to get a grip on itself and start devoting space to items that are of substantive benefit to the IT community.
Who's the most influential rock band? The Beatles or Bill Haley and the Comets?
What was the most usable 8-bit personal computer ever made? The Commodore 64 or the Apple IIe?
Where does it stop? As far as IT tools go, how about XTreePro? The development of USB? SpinRite? DSL? (or maybe ISDN?) Electric screwdrivers? UTP?
I think CIO Magazine needs to get a grip on itself and start devoting space to items that are of substantive benefit to the IT community.
In my experience a lot of CIOs are not IT people, they are bean-counters who had an interest in computers a little beyond using a spreadsheet. Many of them are just typical pointy-haired bosses with no more understanding of IT than, say, the HR director. That's why I think the "I" in CIO stands for "Idiot".
CIO magazine, by the same token, has jumped into what they saw as another market niche - and these days, any publishing house that isn't starting a new monthly at least twice a year considers itself stagnant - by pandering to the egos of these CIO twits. Publish the same pseudo-intellectual "leadership" and "executive summary" articles that you can find in any number of other magazines, just rewritten slightly to "focus" on the ICT side of business instead of "financial" or "marketing" or whatever.
Waste of money. Don't buy it.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
CIO magazine, by the same token, has jumped into what they saw as another market niche - and these days, any publishing house that isn't starting a new monthly at least twice a year considers itself stagnant - by pandering to the egos of these CIO twits. Publish the same pseudo-intellectual "leadership" and "executive summary" articles that you can find in any number of other magazines, just rewritten slightly to "focus" on the ICT side of business instead of "financial" or "marketing" or whatever.
Waste of money. Don't buy it.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
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