From: Manoj Sekharan <manoj.s...@sbi.co.in>
Subject: Panchatantra Story Re-told - in a modern way
To: "Ashish phadke" <ashishph...@yahoo.co.in>, durga...@sbi.co.in, "Jayesh Modi" <jayes...@sbi.co.in>, "merson t baby" <merson...@sbi.co.in>, "Parag" <par...@rediffmail.com>, "Santosh Potti" <sant...@yahoo.co.in>, "TRV_SATYANARAYANA" <satyanar...@sbi.co.in>, "Unni Krishnan Menon" <unnikrish...@patni.com>, "vinod nair" <vinod...@hotmail.com>
Date: Friday, 2 July, 2010, 12:17 PM
Once upon a time, there was a software engineer who used to develop programs
on his Pentium machine,sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He used to earn his bread by
selling those programs in the Sunday market.
One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fell
in the river.
Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood (the woodcutter and
the axe),he started praying to the River Goddess. The River Goddess wanted to test
him and so appeared only after one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her
that he had lost his computer in the river.
As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty. She showed him a match
box and asked,"Is this your computer ?" Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer
awareness,the engineer replied, "No."
She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if that was his.
Annoyed, the engineer said "No, not at all!!"
Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and asked if it was his.
The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said "Yes."
The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was about to give him all
three items,
but before she could make the offer, the engineer asked her, "Don't you know
that you're supposed to show me some better computers before bringing up my own ?"
The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that, you stupid
donkey!
The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and the Billennium,
the latest computers from IBM!". So saying, she disappeared with the
Pentium!!.
*Moral: If you're not up-to-date with technology trends, it's better to keep
your mouth shut and let people think you're a fool than to open your mouth
and remove all doubt.*
Thanks & Regards ,
Bhushan Patle
Asst Manager (Systems)
State Bank Of India
Cash Management Product
Mumbai-400093
022-26814 837
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