[geeks] [rescue] Computerfests (was: first real server hardware) -OT

[Lionel Peterson]

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> From: adh at an.bradford.ma.us (Sandwich Maker)
> Date: 2004/04/26 Mon PM 05:42:56 GMT
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] [rescue] Computerfests (was: first real server
> 	hardware)   -OT
> 
> " But it should be possible to operate an airline at a profit. Southwest 
> " does, and their employees seem happy. Turnover in their IT shop in 
> " Dallas is low, at any rate.

> this probably requires a degree of enlightenment which is 
> antithetical to most mgmt.

But, beware of looking only at the surface...

Just as an example (and I claim right now not to know if this is true), let's pretend that Southwest's business model is predicated on an available supply of 5-10 year old planes from the "major carriers"... If everyone adopted Southwest's model, there would be no ready supply of 5-10 year old planes...

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Just like if everyone figured out that older computers don't get slower, and *everyone* started buying two year old computers. Pretty soon, that business model would fall apart, as all the two year old computers would be in use, and with no one buying new computers the mfgs. go out of business, where would next years supply of two year old computers be?