IBM's Linux Push (IT-Director)

IBM's Linux Push (IT-Director)

Posted May 29, 2004 6:50 UTC (Sat) by horen (subscriber, #2514)
Parent article: IBM's Linux Push (IT-Director)

"This is unusual in some respects as the Banking industry is normally and early adopter of technology whereas Government is normally a late adopter, but these two sectors appear to be driving Linux adoption along with Retail."

First of all, doesn't IT-Director have anyone who can proofread this stuff? "...normally and early adopter..." should read "...normally an early adopter..."

But more worrisome is the inherent illogic of the statement: if Banking is normally an early adopter of technology, why include it? The author should have focused on the Government sector, which (according to him) is the one that is not running true-to-form.

Yes, I know Emerson's statement that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds"; nevertheless, people who make corporate money decisions read articles in publications like IT-Director, and lack of consistency is what makes them (as well as the rest of us) take otherwise good information with more than the proverbial "grain of salt".

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