Wow! what a short post!

Aug 27, 2008 00:47

Based solely on the length of this post, some of you might suspect my account has been hijacked. I assure you that isn't the case. I'm not going to prove it in any way ( Read more... )

work story, mowing the lawn, short post

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synnerman August 27 2008, 14:19:42 UTC
Dude...that's totally a sitcom.

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indigo_veil August 27 2008, 18:39:10 UTC
...I could almost understand it if "the way budget numbers look on paper" were a concern, but then...why not just have the old department "pay" the new department? The money's already been spent anyway...

Wow. Just...WOW.

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oh they paid nachtwyrm August 27 2008, 19:01:30 UTC
The old department did pay the new department for the new system.
They also paid the new department for us to move over.
A whole lot of money was spent to rebuild the exact same thing that they had already paid for internally.

That isn't really the reason it happened though. It is more about NIH syndrome.

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Re: oh they paid indigo_veil August 27 2008, 20:01:28 UTC
Uhm...glad Apple has deep pockets, I guess. Sorry, "NIH"? National Institute of Health...? :D

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Re: oh they paid nachtwyrm August 27 2008, 20:32:38 UTC
NIH = Not Invented Here

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