I told my client that we couldnt use the cloud because we were using 'blue sky' thinking.
then again, I take the p!ss out of them mercillessly
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After his prince workshop the scrum master on my agile development insisted we use cloud updation to obtain maximum leverage in our vertical market
I used it during a thunderstorm and nearly blew my tits off
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My best advice is never buy software from a salesman, get under the skin and start dialog with the technicians. It's not a car or a boiler or a TV.Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostI'm waiting for the day when the cloud sales guys get rumbled, and clientcos suddenly realise they've just been hoodwinked into buying outsourced software and rack servers which were previously discounted as poor value.
Then I'm going to make me some money. Clouds gonna rain
Clients rarely listen though.
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I'm waiting for the day when the cloud sales guys get rumbled, and clientcos suddenly realise they've just been hoodwinked into buying outsourced software and rack servers which were previously discounted as poor value.Originally posted by tractor View PostWhat make me really laugh is that real executives buy into this with real money, really
Then they cry when a profesional contractor costs more than their paltry budget.
Then I'm going to make me some money. Clouds gonna rain
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Or get NowTV or BlinkboxOriginally posted by zeitghostNow that's a film I haven't seen in a while.
I wonder if it resides in my collection*.
*I ought to make a list, then I wouldn't keep buying duplicates all the time.
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Embrace it, put it on the CV and keeeeeeeeep invoicingOriginally posted by CheeseSlice View PostJust saw this term on my Linkedin Feed:
So 'elastic' cloud is just soooo yesterday, now you have to be frictionless to be at the forefront of cloud innovation!
Well done those great marketing thinkers, spouting their never-ending buzzword drivel

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Reminds me of Clint Eastwood leaving Miles Mellough out in the desert in The Eiger Sanction. You wouldn't get away with language like that today!Originally posted by zeitghostThere'll be a hell of a bang if they're using hydrogen balloons.


^Put that fag out.
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What make me really laugh is that real executives buy into this with real money, reallyOriginally posted by CheeseSlice View PostJust saw this term on my Linkedin Feed:
So 'elastic' cloud is just soooo yesterday, now you have to be frictionless to be at the forefront of cloud innovation!
Well done those great marketing thinkers, spouting their never-ending buzzword drivel


Then they cry when a profesional contractor costs more than their paltry budget.
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I'm already struggling with how they get the wires into the cloud without them just falling back to earth. I don't get it at all....Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostJust saw this term on my Linkedin Feed:
So 'elastic' cloud is just soooo yesterday, now you have to be frictionless to be at the forefront of cloud innovation!
Well done those great marketing thinkers, spouting their never-ending buzzword drivel

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More 'cloud' bulltulip
Just saw this term on my Linkedin Feed:
So 'elastic' cloud is just soooo yesterday, now you have to be frictionless to be at the forefront of cloud innovation!frictionless hybrid cloud
Well done those great marketing thinkers, spouting their never-ending buzzword drivel
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