[ale] wouldn't be as funny were it not true

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 11:04 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> From the /. announcement of RHEL7 release in the comments:
> across IT shops across the nation (Score:5, Funny)
> by nimbius (983462) on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @03:24PM (#47205559)
> Homepage 
> C-Level: Red Hat has a new version of internet, we should install it.
> PHB:right away! PM! Red hat has an OS! lets install it
> PM: Of course! Engineering! how are we on the RHEL 7 project!?
> Senior Engineer: I dont remember getting one did I give it to you?
> Infrastructure group: you never approved our upgrade to RHEL 4 because
> it required Oracle downtime. You never agreed to the RHEL 3 upgrade
> because our proxy cant go down or the PHB cant get to facebook. We
> were told not to upgrade the RHEL 2 fileservers because the PHB keeps
> his motivational MP3's there. The only machine we have running RHEL6
> is the one you made us install four days ago because you attended a
> webinar..so...i guess we'll have it upgraded by the end of the week.
> PHB: whoa there pump your brakes guys...dont touch that server. if you
> take it offline i might not be able to get to the webinar next year!
> 

Sadly, painfully, too true.

> -- 
> -- 
> James P. Kinney III
> 
> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
> 
> http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/

Regards,
Mike
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