28 Oct
2006
28 Oct
'06
12:07 a.m.
On 27 Oct 2006 at 18:44, Fred Cisin wrote:
If not for the SPECIFIC incident, (Gary flying up to
Oakland for the day
when IBM was scheduled to meet), DRI (once "Intergalctic Digital
Research"!) would still have lost it - there was an extreme level of
culture clash. IBM, with their dress code, etc.) was SHOCKED at what they
saw in Pacific Grove. And (UNCOFIRMED), when the staff at DRI first saw
the IBM people arriving, they thought it was a drug raid.
I don't know about that last part. From everyone I've talked to
(including some of his poker-playing buddies) the following is about
the closest to the actual way that events unfolded. (Apparently, the
IBM delegation was taken a bit back by Dorothy's attitude. No one
ever says "no" to IBM.):
http://www.freeenterpriseland.com/BOOK/KILDALL.html
Cheers,
Chuck