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Re:Michael Dell buys back PC company he founded in $24.8bn deal by Amadou on Thursday September 12, 2013 @10:50PM (#6378276)
Maybe I've just been lucky?

That about sums it up.

making the process easier could obviate their job, so I suspect they like the way it is now.

Wow.

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Re:Michael Dell buys back PC company he founded in $24.8bn deal by enraged_camel on Friday September 13, 2013 @12:47AM (#6378710)
>>Wow.

Wow what? You realize this mindset is extremely common, and that some people will in fact actively sabotage improvement efforts to keep their jobs, right?

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Re:Michael Dell buys back PC company he founded in $24.8bn deal by Amadou on Friday September 13, 2013 @06:45AM (#6379616)
To attribute that mindset to every IT department rather than some group of individuals is beyond cynical. Would you say the same thing about all developers? All engineers? A statement like that speaks volumes about the writer and nothing about the subject.
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