Date: 29 Dec 2001 00:38:26 GMT From: jmel5nopsamcomnospam (JMEL5) Subject: Re: Whats wrong with the V6?
> >On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:02:46 -0500, Curtis L. Russell ><sagwagonnopsamatlantic.net> wrote: > > >> >>Blaming a bad engine on the person that produces the cost reports is a >>simple-minded - and extremely simple-minded - shortcut for explaining >>away operational issues and problems. > > >You make a good point. People always say "blame the bean counters". >Perhaps the bean counters tallied up how much it was costing, and >perhaps someone in management looked at those figures and made a >decision - but anyone who's ever been a bean counter in a major >corp or just done management knows that bean counters don't make >*any* decisions regarding product, *ever*. That's true, but it's just an idiom. Many companies are run by "bean counters", and when that is said, it isn't referring to accountants, but rather penny pinching management. I'm sure noone meant offense to accountants. JJ
