As the dust settles from the current crisis and the adrenaline wears off an overwhelming weariness may overcome the affected -- which could be most of us. We may well be suffering from the exhaustion of delusion i.e. having to come to terms with having lived with the belief that the world is one thing only to find out it is another.
As recovering delusionists we will have to face up to some hard truths. However, IT professionals may be better prepared than most. After all we have been promising much and delivering little at enormous cost for so long it should save the banker's blushes. With the Conservatives pledging cut-backs on HMG IT projects (if or when they govern) and with Gartner's predicting a reduction in IT spending.