uWink Inc. (UWKI)

[the big guy]

Actually I will give you that one. I used to be a programmer and it used to frustrate me no end that the companies I worked for would hire someone from their customer base that did not understand anything about technology and put him in a sales role (what I coveted at the time). You are right that there is no substitute for operational knowledge and the ability to talk to the customer in his langauge. They used to figure the programmers had no interpersonal skills (as if.. lol). Keep your headsdown guys...

The other thing I used to see done is some guy with the big corporate sales background (Big Blue, etc, Greenband gave the list...) and get them selling what they knew nothing about. Technical or business-wise.

OK, so he may not be the aggressive in-your-face type but maybe he is what is needed. I never liked those PC types anyway.. lol. Well put.