[Info-vax] EDS and HP hard to tell the difference

[JF Mezei]

David J Dachtera wrote:

> If anything, I would let the junior staffers go and put my faith in the
> "proven people". These are the people who get me out of the jams that
> technology inevitably gets me into.

Playing devil's advocate:

"Quality and reliability is VERY important" is something that fewer and
fewer types of businesses can afford anymore. A 911 service, or other
some stock brokerage where downtime of a few seconds can cost it
millions will have the justifications to hire high priced experienced
people.

But in the last decade, fewer and fewer types of enterprises could have
"money is no object, quality and reliability is a MUST" mentality and
more and more are into cost savings mode.

And in cost savings mode, a company looks at its young "can do" workers
who promise to deliver the world in 7 days and find it hard to justify
keeping the older more realistic people who say that delivering the
world will take mucgh longer and cost more.