Are Happy Times Back

[pms]

Shipments by IT manufacturers are on the upswing, but well
below the levels of a year ago, the government reported
Wednesday. Nonetheless, the report suggests that businesses are
beginning to spend money again on computer hardware as the
economy recovers from a recession.

I think that this wave of IT spending is focused on cost-cutting, ie,
getting rid of employees and their troublesome health benefits.  Between
"real time" computing across the enterprise and advanced speech
applications, thousands of non-professional, but decent paying jobs will
disappear.  Seems like every ROI(return on investment) pitch I read in
product announcements points toward getting rid of people.  Most companies
have just figured out what they can do with the IT stuff they bought three
years ago and they're seeing the possibilities.

I don't know if anyone remembers my comment about how all the white people
had disappeared from behind the teller windows at the bank a coupla years
ago, but they're back.