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Data Centre Models In Ferment
Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 10 2011) Carbon Footprint
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Anyone who sets up a measure of performance should be very careful, because people will adapt their behaviour to the metric – instead of to the real world problem.
So for instance, when the government says it will cut waiting lists for medical treatment, it means it will reduce the number of people who have been diagnosed but are waiting for operations.
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