[ale] OT: Cobb County business license office

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 05/21/2012 02:10 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> It would have been a nice coup to get them transferred to something Open
> Source instead.

Well, like I said in my response to JT, outsourced IT, thus, IT defines 
what they want to work on.  Backwards solution.

>
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:55 PM, James Taylor
> <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com <mailto:James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com>>
> wrote:
>
>     I'm very annoyed about the tremendous waste of my tax money
>     migrating their mail system to a much more expensive, less
>     functional and less reliable mail system than the one they have.
>     -jt
>
>
>
>     James Taylor
>     678-697-9420 <tel:678-697-9420>
>     james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com <mailto:james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com>
>
>
>
>      >>> Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com
>     <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> 5/21/2012   01:37 PM >>>
>     On 05/21/2012 01:16 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>      > HA! I ESPECIALLY like the "expect the best".
>      >
>      > I recall the line from Apollo 13, "We're riding a bomb built by the
>      > lowest bidder".
>      >
>      > Most gov orgs rely on outside contracting for IT build and often
>     ongoing
>      > support. There's a sweet spot between "stupid money" and "low
>     cost crap"
>      > that is rarely found, it seems.
>
>     Turns out they have passed some new law which requires additional
>     paperwork, thus the backup.
>
>     Speaking of gov. orgs., they are migrating Cobb County Schools from
>     groupwise to exchange/outlook.  They gave all the teachers a document to
>     assist them with the process.  29 pages.  My wife got to page 3 where it
>     stated, it should finish within 1 hour.  She left her laptop on over
>     night, still wasn't finished.  Contacted IT support and they tried to go
>     through the same process remotely, same results.  Now their sending
>     someone out to the school.
>
>      >
>      > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Geoffrey Myers
>      > <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>
>     <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com
>     <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Just received the following after sending an email to the
>     Cobb County
>      >     business license office:
>      >
>      > > Thank you for sending your affidavit and secure and verifiable
>      >     document
>      > > via email. Due to tremendous volume, we are currently processing
>      >     emails
>      > > received on May 3, 2012. We appreciate your patience.
>      > >
>      > > */Cobb County...Expect The Best/*
>      > > //
>      > > *www.cobbcounty.org <http://www.cobbcounty.org>
>     <http://www.cobbcounty.org>*
>      > <http://www.cobbcounty.org/>
>      > >
>      >
>      >     Nice huh?
>      >
>      >
>      >     --
>      >     Until later, Geoffrey
>      >
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> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson