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Old Sat Nov 21, 2009, 09:23pm
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When the IT people promise a smooth transition in a conversion from one program to the other, cover the young 'uns ears, because it usually isn't and the language is about to get very colorful
From my experience in the IT field, it's usually not the IT folks making these promises, it is the people in sales.
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Old Sun Nov 22, 2009, 02:27am
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From my experience in the IT field, it's usually not the IT folks making these promises, it is the people in sales.
You've been reading Dilbert.
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Old Sun Nov 22, 2009, 08:49am
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From my experience in the IT field, it's usually not the IT folks making these promises, it is the people in sales.
And they're often told what to say by the managers who made the original deal, who seem to understand IT approximately as well as my cats.
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