I was listening to my WinAmp library on shuffle today, per normal, and Galileo by the Indigo Girls popped on.  The opening line to this song always struck a chord with me.

Galileo's head was on the block, the crime was looking up for truth

It is absolutely amazing how often that still happens in the science community every day.  Currently, the 800 pound gorilla that no one is allowed to disagree with is Global Warming.  If you happen to come up with data that doesn't fit the current political landscape, you and your career can get buried quicker than you can say "Inquisition".  Cause no one ever expects an Inquisition!

Is the IT world any different?  The common 80s mantra of "No one ever got fired for buying IBM" has morphed into this decade's "No one ever got fired for buying Microsoft".  But should we, as solution providers, always pick the most "popular" solutions to the problem we are trying to solve or should we actually take a detailed look at each solution and pick the one that makes most sense.  We did the latter at a previous job when we chose our SPAM solution and couldn't have chosen a better solution.  Should we just be in it to make a buck by putting in whatever makes us the most money or should we put in the best solution even if it means that the bill won't be as high, but the customer will be very happy?  Something tells me that Chris found a company that lives by the first rule.  Just because you can make money doing something doesn't mean that you will be able to sleep well at night once you do.  If you have a conscious, that is.

If you believe like I do, then Scott Adam's blog is definitely something that you want to keep up with.  The creator of Dilbert puts his opinions out there for all to comment on and sometimes the comments are even funnier than the actual blog entry.  It's hard to imagine that some people still believe the way they do.