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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Ben Collver   
   Re: Last Quarter I Rolled Out Microsoft    
   15 Dec 25 00:20:11   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:12:38 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver wrote:   
      
   > Completion is a metric.   
   > Metrics go in dashboards.   
   > Dashboards go in board presentations.   
   > Board presentations get me promoted.   
   > I'll be SVP by Q3.   
   > I still don't know what Copilot does.   
   > But I know what it's for.   
   > It's for showing we're "investing in AI."   
   > Investment means spending.   
   > Spending means commitment.   
   > Commitment means we're serious about the future.   
   > The future is whatever I say it is.   
   > As long as the graph goes up and to the right.   
   >   
   > Credit Peter Girnus   
      
   But Darwin will be inexorably in action, won’t it. Anything that adds to   
   your overheads and compromises the quality of your product will hurt your   
   competitiveness. There will always be some more savvy player who will leap   
   into the market and take advantage of your cluelessness.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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