[nzlug] Idea...

[Nick Taylor]

Ok... to add to the unholy brew:


1) MS support people may (perhaps) be more easily swappable parts than 
non-ms. The cost of a £400 an hour member of staff not working easily 
eclipses the cost of the software... and that's without getting into 
having to re-train every one.

2) MS is a conservative/following-the-herd decision. Radicals are more 
likely to get sacked if things fuck up, and at some point things 
probably will.

3) People who spend their lives building mini-empires within major 
institutions often measure their importance by the size of their 
budgets. I've known people deliberately piss millions up the wall to 
guarantee next year's budget approval.




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