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

[Brian Dunbar]

On Apr 26, 2004, at 1:35 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

>>
>> 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...
>
> <Back to computer topics:>
>
> 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?

Unh .. Dave's garage?

~brian