8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
9:27 p.m.
> > I watched skids of Sparc hardware go out at
a company I worked at
> > around Y2K in a similar fashion. They had a 'contract' with the
> > scrapper, they said, and 'couldn't play favorites'. There is a
> > 'corporate culture' at some places where you're seen as a lunatic
> > for even suggesting you might have an interest in 'that old
> > stuff.'
>
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
And that's
one of the reasons I work for a university.
Before Fred sees this, :) I want to add "with an enlightened boss above
me who isn't a pain in the behind". (And the same with his manager.)