A Corvette is NOT a cost effective method of driving. My little Ford Festiva
IS, and does do in excess of 75 when I wish to be ridiculous enough to drive
that fast. Macho assumptions aside, business needs to be cost effective, not
susceptible to the advertising claims of either Microsoft or Oracle. "Money
talks and Bullsh*t walks."
Arvin Meyer
onsite_at_esinet.net
Darren Brock wrote in message <3731EB17.A733D522_at_governet.net>...
>
>
>Arvin Meyer wrote:
>
>> How do you feel about your automobile? Is it *adequate* to get you where
>> you're going? Or do you require $150K Ferrari (that breaks down weekly)
to
>> do the job of a $30K Buick? In business, one should be doing a
cost/benefit
>> analysis to determine policy, not reading Playboy or Cosmopolitan.
>> -----
>> Arvin Meyer
>> onsite_at_esinet.net
>
>Lets use your car example. If your job required you to drive at the speed
limit,
>say 55, would you buy a car that went only 55mph? If so, what would you do
if
>they raised the speed limit to 75 mph? Your car only goes 55 mph. Do you
now buy
>another car that has a top speed of 75 mph? According to your rule of just
>*adequate*, you would have to buy 2 cars whereas the guy that said we will
do it
>right the first time bought a corvette that exceeds any kind of speed limit
and
>probably costs less than the two cars the other guy bought not counting the
time
>involved in changing cars.
>
>Darren
>
Received on Thu May 06 1999 - 14:59:18 CDT
