A Humorous Take on the

World of Sales and Management

 


 Are you ready for Clown Computing?

 

Is the world ready?   Read on....


 
Mike S.

What is Clown Computing?

 

Clown Computing takes every clich� in IT Sales and makes it a reality. Let's look at every prediction you've heard regarding the miracle of Cloud Computing and follow it to its illogical conclusion. 
Every Fluffy Cloud Winds up as a Pie in Your Face


 

Promise of the Cloud


Cloud Computing offers more speed, more flexibility, and more innovation for less money. It's truly an international phenomenon. Especially when you get to interact with new on-line pals from North Korea, Russia, and China!

   


Unlike the Cloud, Clown Computing really delivers:


Storage

More Clowns per Car than Any Data Center

 

Growth

You'll Never Outgrow These Babies


 
Hair


In the IT World, managers and engineers run around like their hair is on fire. With Clown Computing, your hair really looks like it's on fire.



Bozos

Clown Computing offers real Bozos, not IT Managers who act like Bozos.



Is Cloud Computing a Clown Car?

 

Cloud Computing does have a historical precedent. Back in the 50s and 60s, huckster salespeople sold South Florida swampland to gullible northerners. It became a clich�, popularized by movies such as Glengarry Glen Ross. 

"All our lies turned out to be true"


While some of those land parcels r
emain worthless, others became communities such as Marco Island, Fort Myers, and Sarasota. Many of the people "ripped off" by the real estate scams ended up making a fortune. 


As Leonard Rosen,one of the most notorious Florida Developers, ruefully once said, "All our lies turned out to be true".

Let's hope the same thing happens to Cloud Computing!
 


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