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The very fine “I Will Teach You to Be Rich” blog has a good entry today on “The Failure of the Last Mile.” The post relates to how companies will spend millions on high-falutin back-end systems, only to have their front desk manned by a surly micro-despot with the compassion and intellect of a pebble.
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