12-11-2006, 05:24 PM
I've told the story before, but I worked for an international firm some years ago that was split with Macs and PCs (which were mostly in the CAD departments). There was a big conference on standardizing platforms, though it wasn't really needed (the two departments did separate types of work, so there was no need to "simplify").
The IT department was given the task of deciding what to do. Now, think about that. Your department is given a choice of standardizing to a platform, and the choices are:
(a) one that will need your attention continually and thus provide job security
or
(b) one that will require very little attention and thus require laying off of much of your department
What do you think they picked?
The IT department was given the task of deciding what to do. Now, think about that. Your department is given a choice of standardizing to a platform, and the choices are:
(a) one that will need your attention continually and thus provide job security
or
(b) one that will require very little attention and thus require laying off of much of your department
What do you think they picked?