18 Aug
2008
18 Aug
'08
12:52 p.m.
>>>> "Eric" == Eric Smith
<eric at brouhaha.com> writes:
Eric> Paul Koning wrote:
> That's the original logo, not the Bob Palmer
maroon logo. (Bob
> wasted lots of money redoing "the look" -- basically it amounted
> changing the dots on the i from square to round and changing the
> color. No wonder DEC went under not long after.)
Eric> Palmer had an "interesting" approach to solving DEC's problems.
Eric> Suppose you have a hangnail. One way to solve it is to chop
Eric> off your fingertip. Now you're bleeding, so you chop off the
Eric> finger. Hmmm, still bleeding - better chop off the hand. If
Eric> you follow this progression, eventually the problem WILL be
Eric> solved.
Indeed. Unfortunately he neglected to apply that procedure to
himself.
paul