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What do numbers mean if we change them to say whatever we want them to say? At my previous job, I was given an interesting assignment -- something quite different from my usual IT chores. My boss asked me to create a way to measure the performance le
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Back in 2004, the idea of an enterprise application based on open source code was off the wall. Today, SugarCRM is a striking example of what community-based development and viral marketing can do
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A former fighter pilot a good VP? Hmmmm. Not so much. Back in the mid-1980s, after the breakup of AT&T, I began working as a software manager for what was at the time the number one manufacturer of T1 multiplexer equipment in the U.S. Private voi