[Info-vax] [OT] Moore's Law dead within a decade

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On 2013-10-02, Bart Zorn <bart.zorn at gmail.com> wrote:

>> >>> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Can somebody translate this into English please?

It's Niagara Falls, it's Swiss, and three, very precise?



> I can't speak about HCL, but I had a similar experience handing over to
>Infosys, six years ago. It appeared that they did not have a single person
>in their enormous work force who had any knowledge of OpenVMS, so they had
>to hire someone. Of course, during the contract negotiation, they assured
>us that they could do it. In fact, for them it was only a very little piece
>in a large Unix/Windows contract. Since nobody participating in the
>negotiations knew anything about OpenVMS, it was easy to reach an
>agreement. 

Serious line length trimming required here. Say no to google groups...

Many "consulting" or "service" companies today do just that. I was called
frantically by a company that had agreed to provide outsourcing for a major
project. They had nobody on staff that knew anything about the assignment
they agreed to do, not even the saleswonk that priced the job when they
signed contracts. After I heard what they were willing to pay and how much
time they agreed to deliver it in I told them they could dig their own
graves without my help. I can't imagine a world where people are so reckless
and irresponsible but that seems to be standard operating procedure anymore.