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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In fact once we were doing a 5 year
projection after doing the annual budget and I was asked to come up with a
formula in the spreadsheet that showed a trend in revenue increases and cost
decreases for each of the successive years to make the General Manager
happy. I pointed out that such a formula was inherently invalid as its
trend would be to eventually show the business making nearly infinite revenue
at nearly zero cost. Despite that they had me put the formula into the
spreadsheet. (At least that “projection” wasn’t
anything folks were expected to achieve unlike quarterly forecasts and annual
budgets.) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Raylynn Knight<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:30
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Cost of freedom</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Of course they never have a plan as to where that 10% decrease in cost
will occur or what is going to provide the additional 5% revenue.<br>
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Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On May 17, 2011, at 9:05 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <<a
href="mailto:JLightner@water.com">JLightner@water.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“increase the
revenues in the forecast by 5% and decrease the costs by
10%”. They were always later surprised when they didn’t
hit their numbers.</span></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jim Kinney<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:02
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:personname u2:st="on"><st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts</st1:personname></st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Cost of freedom</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Geoffrey Myers <<a
href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com"></a><a
href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>>
wrote:<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jeff Hubbs wrote:<br>
> On 5/16/11 11:30 AM, David Hillman wrote:<br>
>> Why did we go with the Netgear box in the first place? Someone with<br>
>> control over the purse strings thought it would be easier and faster.<br>
> Someone was dead wrong and had a misconceived idea of what's really<br>
> important.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Time and again, I see financial people making decisions regarding<br>
technology. It is so wrong.<br>
<br>
Would you have your plumber do your taxes?<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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When I did plumbing, yes :-)<br>
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Financial people make decisions based on a single viewpoint just as the tech
people do. Both views are valid but the combination is the correct action. It's
the collaboration that is always missing. Competition within the organization
is not a process I've seen to be long-term productive. A prior employment
location had very little understanding of "we all work on the same
team" and so planning meetings were always mired in backstabbing and power
grabs and just plain old fights. <u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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--<br>
Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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"I predict future happiness for <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region
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if they can prevent<br>
the government from wasting the labors of the people under<br>
the pretense of taking care of them."<br>
- Thomas Jefferson</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p>
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