[Boatanchors] Mouser Order - OK already, I get it!

[Carl]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mikea" <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Mouser Order - OK already, I get it!


> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 08:53:30PM -0800, J. Forster wrote:
>> One can only wish those who spend our (taxpayer) money even knew the
>> meaning of the word frugal.
>
> (written on break)
>
> I take that personally.
>
> I'm a gummint employee; I do computer stuff at a large state gummint
> agency in the central MidWest. My employer consistently gets awards for
> best cost-benefit ratio on projects, best stretch of asphalt or concrete
> road in a particular year, and so on. My division was being considered
> for outsourcing to EDS, IBM, and several other large outsourcers. They
> came in, and each decided that we were doing things more efficiently,
> with better cost-benefit ratio, and with overall lower costs than they
> could. Several other agencies had their computer operations outsourced.
>
> We _still_ run our own, and we're damn frugal about it.
>
> Morals to the story:
>
> 1)    Don't tar everyone with the same brush; and
> 2)    Mind who you slander; you and he may be subscribed to the same
>      list.
>
> -- 
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO


That efficiency will be mandated to change once the gummint socialists get 
wind of it. All collectives must have equal inefficiency in order to 
maintain the lowest common denominator that thaey thrive on.

Be prepared for the arrival of a team of onsite commisars to assure 
compliance.

Carl
KM1H


> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
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