it's the typical response in Washington. Don't like what someone says, don't refute it, just discredit them.

I know someone that purchased the Samsung for $1200 when it came out. It takes no less than 2 minutes to start up, it's painful.

This continues to be a problem even in "our" linux dev lab. I'm conducting tests on an ASPM implementation for a future platform. I can say candidly that we are having continued problems waking drives from their slumber. The problem is believed to be a circuit/board design problem, but nonetheless ASPM is tough stuff to get working correctly without introducing disparity.

I was once told by a CFO that IT is merely a cost without a return. At first I was astonished to hear that's how we were thought of but once I understood that viewpoint all the other ill-informed decisions made sense. Just like outsourcing customer service to India; they'll eventually see they've shot themselves in the foot.

The thought is that putting IT in the cloud is less hassle for the politicians because IT departments are often seen as a culture of "NO" (kind of like Republicans, right?). In addition the project manager is more likely to have greater control over the outsourced entity than he is his own internal employees. No change managment, not as much paperwork, etc...just do what I say or you won't get paid. Can't do that to an employee as easily. It almost seems like this is more about power consolidation, and squeezing even more out of the bottom line. Last I checked the most efficient businesses use highly developed processes which rely entirely on IT and technology to function. A word to the C level; when your IT staff of one is waiting to speak to someone in India because your business critical app shit the bed maybe you'll rethink this cloud thing.