Any single machine that is so indispensible that it being down can cost $100,000, should be done away with, forthwith.

If you can convince the sales staff not to pimp some shiny new feature until us implementation grunts have a solid, well-tested, reliable process in place, you'll never buy yourself another drink as long as we're in the same bar. How many times have you heard "Well, we don't have a backup box, and the software doesn't actually work yet, but we've promised the client this nifty new feature, so I guess you guys're working overtime for a few weeks"?

No, it shouldn't happen. But it does.

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The hell with paco, vote for Erudil!