For one, there’s tons of competition on transatlantic routes. Not only from ultra low cost carriers, but the reality is that nowadays even legacy airlines have incredibly low transatlantic fares, because they know they have to compete. $400-500 roundtrip fares on major carriers are the norm in the off season. When fares are that low, it really makes you wonder what the point is of flying an airline like WOW Air.
Link: Why Did WOW Air Fail?
For one, there’s tons of competition on transatlantic routes. Not only from ultra low cost carriers, but the reality is that nowadays even legacy airlines have incredibly low transatlantic fares, because they know they have to compete. $400-500 roundtrip fares on major carriers are the norm in the off season. When fares are that low, it really makes you wonder what the point is of flying an airline like WOW Air.
An unused executive dinner speech
I hosted an executive dinner a few weeks ago. I’d put together this opening talk, introducing the customer who was kind enough to come go through their story. I didn’t really get a chance to give it, which was probably for the best. Maybe next time
Thanks for coming - we’re glad y’all took the time. I know it’s hard.
My favorite thing about Pivotal is that I get to meet new people, computer people.
An unused executive dinner speech
I hosted an executive dinner a few weeks ago. I’d put together this opening talk, introducing the customer who was kind enough to come go through their story. I didn’t really get a chance to give it, which was probably for the best. Maybe next time
Thanks for coming - we’re glad y’all took the time. I know it’s hard.
My favorite thing about Pivotal is that I get to meet new people, computer people.
An unused executive dinner speech
I hosted an executive dinner a few weeks ago. I’d put together this opening talk, introducing the customer who was kind enough to come go through their story. I didn’t really get a chance to give it, which was probably for the best. Maybe next time
Thanks for coming - we’re glad y’all took the time. I know it’s hard.
My favorite thing about Pivotal is that I get to meet new people, computer people.
a dream I could only watch instead of do
She never brought up Daniel again, but it didn’t really matter. I’d already made it a habit to consider the way my life could have been if I’d said yes when Daniel had asked the question I knew he didn’t even think was a question, just a rite of passage we had to go through. (You could see a marriage approach some couples in Texas the same way you could watch a summer storm churning on the plains, miles before it hit.
a dream I could only watch instead of do
She never brought up Daniel again, but it didn’t really matter. I’d already made it a habit to consider the way my life could have been if I’d said yes when Daniel had asked the question I knew he didn’t even think was a question, just a rite of passage we had to go through. (You could see a marriage approach some couples in Texas the same way you could watch a summer storm churning on the plains, miles before it hit.
a dream I could only watch instead of do
She never brought up Daniel again, but it didn’t really matter. I’d already made it a habit to consider the way my life could have been if I’d said yes when Daniel had asked the question I knew he didn’t even think was a question, just a rite of passage we had to go through. (You could see a marriage approach some couples in Texas the same way you could watch a summer storm churning on the plains, miles before it hit.
The Mainframe Strangler - Software Defined Talk #172
There’s a new kubernetes, Oracle lay-offs, Zoom.US, and the problem with mainframe complainers.
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Maybe the legacy organization actually knows what they're doing
Usually we’re told that improving IT means changing the old organization. I’ve been re-reading The Art of Business Value, and re-came across this, to the contrary:
This way of thinking has always struck me as a little strange. Our goal is to deliver value, to figure out how to meet the needs that are determined by the organization, and yet we consider the organization to be the biggest impediment to doing so.