Re: Software glitches leave Navy Smart Ship dead in the water

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:59:33 -0400 (EDT), John A. Kingman wrote:

>>      I read that article the other day, and needless to say I find the
>> implications rather sobering.  What I'm most curious about though (and
>> what's usually never mentioned) is who's pushing this.  When the vast
>> majority of the people working with this stuff *know* it's inferior
>> technology who is making the decisions to push it, and even more
>> importantly *WHY* are they pushing it???  Is it just a case of clueless
>> administrators or is something else at work here??
>
>It couldn't be mole/nt or something like that, could it?
>
>[shudder]
>
>Nah, it's probably just a combination of politics and incompetence.


     Yeah, politics and incompetence seem to have an affinity for each
other.


--
 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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