Welcome the new HE-MAN, the CIO

from the internet-gave-them-power dept

It looks like the long mis-understood and under-appreciated CIO is now getting exactly what they should, the ability to make strategic business choices. I can see how this might be a fantastic thing, they understand the company's technology better than anyone else. However, let's not forget some of the blunders that engineer led companies have made in the past because the technology was cool (although, their was no consumer demand for it). Silicon graphics being a good example in how they made a closed network in bunch of homes in Florida that no one was interested in .

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    Anonymous Coward, Apr 3rd, 2002 @ 10:26am

    Whatever the fuck you're talking about Ryan - sounds good you yuppie.

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