Quothe Megan, from writings of Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 07:02:31PM -0500: Megan, I'm very sorry to hear that. This is just yet more proof that many companies, particularly those in the computer field, do not value knowledgeable employees with many years of experience. Sorry to hear that you'll be joining those of us who've been discarded by the computer field. If this is of any consolation: the computer field in the U.S. is a sinking ship anyway, so, perhaps it's better to have to walk the plank, or jump overboard, and have a chance of surviving, than to go down with the ship and drown. Best of luck with other endeavors! Years ago, I knew that when the Palmer idiot began selling out to Micro$oft, that the end of DEC was on the horizon. Alas, HP (Hopeless-Products?) is no longer the respectable company that it once was, and it no longer produces the high-quality test equipment, computer equipment and calculators, that it once did. -- Copyright (C) 2002 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

--- Megan <mbg(a)theworld.com> wrote: Sorry to hear that. I, too, am in the same boat - today a bunch of us got the chop from CompuServe/AOL. The fun is that (having been unemployed through the holidays 3 out of the past 4 years) there will be nary a whisper of a hint of an interview until several weeks into January. I'm thinking of a trip to the South Pacific until the job market pulls its head out of the Xmas punchbowl. -ethan P.S. - that's two companies in a row that cancelled the holiday party and had layoffs less than a week later. Nice timing. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com