Where CEOs REALLY get their IT recommendations

Small Northwest investment firm gets the bad news: Its old NetWare network
operating system won't be supported by Novell as of year's end.

Network admin pilot fish at the firm takes this concern to upper management,
requesting funds for a system upgrade.

A week later, in a meeting that includes top managers, CEO informs fish that
the
company will be migrating to Windows 2000.

"Why Windows 2000?" fish asks. "It would be much easier and also more
cost-effective to upgrade to the current version of our software."

But the boss's mind is made up. "An outside consultant has informed me that
Windows 2000 is much more efficient and
stable than what we're running now," he informs fish.

Fish spends the next week compiling a detailed cost estimate for the
migration
plan.

Boss is flabbergasted at the time and money the migration will cost. New
plan:
Just upgrade the current NOS.

"May I ask who made the Windows 2000 recommendation in the first place?"
says
relieved fish.

Boss admits, "My 13-year-old son. He told me Windows 2000 is cool."