Restaurants at the end of the Web...part 3 Hello and welcome to Program #10
I'm your host, Michael Lehman, and we're here at www.softwareland.org
OK, as promised, here’s the installment 3 of Restaurants at the end of the Web…
Scenario: You’re hungry so you go to an ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT place that says they have anything you ever would really want to eat.
Today, let’s look at the process we observe at The Consultancy Buffet. Going to TCB is like the way most consultants deliver software. At TCB they’ll sell you anything you want as long it’s the kind of food they have, no substitutions please.
TCB’s Motto: We know what you want and we make it before you get here!
So what's it like to eat at TCB? Let's take a look:
First, you are hungry for a particular meal.
TCB says they can combine prepared items and give you a meal close to the kind of food you want.
You select from a variety of previously prepared items
No major substitutions are allowed.
Customization only by the addition of prepackaged things like ketchup packets.
BOTTOM LINE: You aren’t hungry any more but you have to convince yourself you’re happy!
As we can observe, not exactly the most delicious place to eat or work. TCB's cooks are qualified but they often aren't very imaginative because they don't have time to be. Most of the time it's not really cheaper to eat here but you do it anyway because it's easier than cooking for yourself and it's way more reliable and predictable than Irv's the ISVs!
Coming up in our final installment of Restaurants at the end of the web we'll visit Factorio Softwario a restaurant that has exactly the kind of food you want and prepares it exactly the way you want it!
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