Civil service IT humor

From Owen Ambur's web site:

Party ~ A meeting for which no records are kept. (See also: "tacit knowledge")

E-mail ~ A stage of immaturity through which we must pass. (See also: "chaos")

Company (Firm) ~ A group of people subscribing to the same data elements for mutual monetary gain.

Association ~ A group of people subscribing to the same data elements for mutual mental gain.

Complaint ~ An expression of a problem that is insufficient to effect action.

IT Architecture ~ An abstraction sufficient to enable inaction.

Revolution ~ Evolution on Internet time.