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From: Tom Duff td@pixar.com
Subject: [9fans] My view of Plan 9 and it's future
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 09:06:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000519160647.bAE5MjTD5rtufT1jx_CmfAV5cgrBYsnfFahTCnfsg-Y@z> (raw)

On May 19,  8:29am, Christopher Browne wrote [edited]:
> I expect it is more out of ignorance of the "true value"
> on the part of the PHBs way up in the organization.
                     ^^^
Inside Bell Labs, the most common sort of Pointy Haired Boss,
the sort that's immune to innovation, used to be known as
`people with Bell-Shaped Heads.'  (I'm off topic?
Very well, then, I'm off topic.  I am large, I contain
multitudes.)

--
Tom Duff.  Bet you I can go a week without saying "synergy" or
"value-added."




             reply	other threads:[~2000-05-19 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-19 16:06 Tom [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-06-06 10:21 Christopher
2000-05-22 12:24 Bengt
2000-05-22 12:24 forsyth
2000-05-22 11:51 Bengt
2000-05-22 10:07 Will
2000-05-22  8:31 Bengt
2000-05-19 16:45 Tom
2000-05-19 16:19 Will
2000-05-19  8:43 Bengt
2000-05-19  8:29 Christopher
2000-05-18 16:23 Douglas
2000-05-18  7:01 Richard
2000-05-17 12:40 Will
2000-05-17 11:56 Bill
2000-05-17  8:41 Douglas
2000-05-15 17:15 Tom
2000-05-15 16:47 Tom
2000-05-14  6:06 Jim
2000-05-14  3:57 /usr/rsc/lib/from.eecs
2000-05-14  0:58 Jim

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