On Sat, 10 May 2008 00:34:34 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <89o924l4fbu4pl6q9u57jc6k455do7donu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>On Fri, 9 May 2008 19:14:16 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>In article <4o472456929lf2sjljessaljgjdhgjhiv0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>Clark F Morris <cfmpublic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>[snip]
>>>
>>>>It also
>>>>gets to be interesting when two departments disagree on the way things
>>>>should be done or what the rules are.
>>>
>>>That's for the 200-level (sophomore) courses, Mr Morris: The
Accountants
>>>say 'Do (a)'. The Manafacturing Staff says 'Do (b)', where b does not
>>>equal and cannot be reconciled, mathematically, to a. What does the
>>>Programming Staff do?
>>
>>Set up an account 'Inventory, finished goods, GAAP Variance' and book
>>the difference to
>>it.
>
>In a strict-chargeback shop, Mr Wagner, the cost of the disk space and
the
>processing-time have to be paid by *someone*... if they can't be
>costed-out to a particular department then they come out of IT's budget
>and that decreases the CIO's bonus, with all associated unpleasant
>results.
I said give both parties what they want and record the difference in an
account tied to
the responsible party. Let him explain it to the auditors.
I recently bought a 200GB disk drive for $80, about one hour's bill rate
for a contractor.
You can no longer use hardware cost as a club. It's now all about people
cost.
>>For further
>>explanation, call the Doc at
>>800-555-1212 or email docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>Mr Wagner, when my clients discover that calling me on business matters
>Costs Money they tend to discourage folks from doing so... and my habit
of
>leaving someone else's name and contact-number assists this.
Oh great, another obsolete concept, the one about long-distance phone
calls being
expensive.
Do you realize US telephone networks have 20 times the channel capacity
they need? 95% is
sitting idle as 'dark fiber.' That's why calls cost .02 per minute through
traditional
IXCs and are free through VoIP and cellular systems.
If management discourages folks from calling, it isn't because of cost,
it's because they
are stifiling communication.
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