Iraqis pick up on the obvious

How much is a security guaranty backed only by Bush's word worth?

Not much.

Another good Cringely piece

Cringely has a followup to his column on consultants, this time tackling the big research firms like Gartner and Forrester.  His critique in a nutshell:  Those firms live off churn, and that is not in anyone else's interest.  Worth reading.

IT Consultants strike again!

This time the victim is the City of Portland.  $20 million goes a long way here.  I'd surely like to know who to blame for this, Potter doesn't cut it since he's leaving anyway.  Who decided on Ariston?