Have you ever tried to get a manager like that to agree to actually try something? "Real World be damned, we're talking philosophy here!" seems to be their cry. It's like discussing religion. So long as all agree, there is peace and light. But have a difference of opinion, and it __can__ devolve into "the night of knives". At our shop, Windows is the religion to many. We have rejected products with the notation: "Not a Microsoft product." and nothing else.
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 22:01 -0500, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: > At 23:17 +0000 on 12/05/2010, Ted MacNEIL wrote about Re: Philosophy: > curiousity question: > > > >You should have explained to management that there is this > >wonderful new-fangled device called a printer. > > > >As I said in my post, I got in trouble for using said device. > > > >He told us there was NO reason to print the instructions. > > > >Except for the impact to my performance appraisal, he didn't last > >long in that position. > > You should have started with the machine powered off, powered it up, > and then asked him to follow the (inaccessible) IPL instructions to > IPL the machine (with you helping him to understand those functions > he was unable to understand). As an alternative, just ask him to read > them to you and you will perform the IPL by following his verbal > instructions. Either should have hopefully gotten the point across. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
