Business plans

[John Chambers]

Dave asks:
| On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 08:04, Duane Morin wrote:
| > Whenever I hear about biz plan software I always think of that
| > Douglas Adams book "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency."  The
| > protagonist made his fortune by writing some "reverse prediction"
| > software.  You'd specify a goal ("i want to be president of the company
| > in 5 years") and then your current input ("I work in the mail room")
| > and it would give you the steps needed to accomplish your goal.
| >
| > Now that would be a cool piece of software.
|
| Yes, but can it help you remove a sofa which has been lodged in a
| stairwell?

No, but if it's a good program, it might tell you the  best
time  to arrange a hit on the guy who's standing in the way
of your promotion.

;-)