http://www.itskeptic.org/bmc-are-old-bait-and-switch-again-over-cmdb Comments for "BMC are at the old bait and switch again over CMDB" en http://www.itskeptic.org/bmc-are-old-bait-and-switch-again-over-cmdb#comment-7160 <p>It occurs to me that i have wrongly labelled this "bait and switch". Bait and switch is when they promise you the Maclaren then sell you a Diahatsu. While there is some of that here, this is more that they promise you a Maclaren, measure the track time of a Daihatsu to prove it works, then sell you a Maclaren that is too hard for you to drive or maintain. The Aussies call that a "ring-in" when a different horse runs under the colours of another.</p> <p>it seems to me that most of the benefits credited to CMDB in most cases are in fact benefits of the much simpler asset management. have a list of assets. Track location, warranties, number of licenses, lease expirations, and depreciation. Huge returns on little investments, and none of it requires the 6-lite V12, twin-turbo, carbon-fibre-and-titanium-alloy, computer-controlled technology and 20-man pit crew of a CMDB.</p> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:53:54 +0000 skeptic comment 7160 at http://www.itskeptic.org