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>
>Way it seem to me from this side of atlantic, it is perfect ground for
>money laundering / corporate fraud. Especially with new NET 'vawe'
>(but can be VFP as well)
>
>Listen to this scenario :) ;
>Criminal minded Executive hire Idiot for IT chief and then come up with HUGE multi year/milion IT project that will 'radically improve business process'.
>Story hits the news, stock are rising... sunny day all the way.
>
>DirtyBigName(golf)Vendor in deal with dirty executive, writes complex project plans/timeshedules (according to IT idiot specs), which board aproves without even looking/reading/understanding what is in there.
>(for as long it is within budget)
>
>IT idiot has become 'bigshot' leader of the project, NET(sweat) shop in India does the job for the DirtyVendor for some peanuts, while DBN(g)V bills accurately millions of bucks to corporate business.
>
>Money changes accounts/hands, some nice villas are bought in Carebean area and then, after few years project colapses due to 'variety' of reasons.
>After that, DirtyExecutive - fires IT idiot and gets away with 'being sharply critisized' by other board directors...
>This story never hits the news - It is just another dull day in US corporate Business.
>By the time everybody get to visit their new villas - technology changes! It is time again to make radicall improvements :)
>
>Story above is my pure speculation, any similarity with real characters and events is clearly accidental.
>
>Cheers & Have Great Year 2006 :))

That's a beautiful story, Srdjan! I'd love to see it made into a blockbuster movie - sounds like one for Michael Douglas. I hope you make million$$ on the idea.

Happy New Year!

Mike