I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot
It’s really tough dealing with technologists.
It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is.
The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle comprising cloth and ropes, and filled with helium.”
The business man looks puzzled and says, “you must be a technologist.”
“Wow”, the guy says. “I am. How did you know?”
“Because what you have told me is technically accurate, but of absolutely no use to anyone.”
“Ah”, says the guy. “You must be a businessman.”
“I am”, says the businessman, “but how did you know.”
“Because I was minding my own business and you asked me to help you out, so I gave you assistance in the best way I could, and now you blame me for the mess you’re in.”
Ouch. Business and technology folks really don’t get on well.
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