From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnold@skeeve.com (arnold@skeeve.com) Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 06:11:23 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] Names of famous, historical UNIX machines? In-Reply-To: References: <20170201212040.C273118C0DD@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <20170201221112.GI880@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: <201702021311.v12DBNoa004846@freefriends.org> Clem Cole wrote: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: > > > I visited Portland and Santa Clara and I have never > > seen a more grey cubicle farm in my life. > > I don't remember which comic it was, but about 8-10 years ago one the late > night comedy guys brought a film crew to SC and made that same exact > observation. It was Conan O'Brien. You can find it on YouTube. > While Intel does do many things well, this one is part of company culture > and I'm not in a position to change it. I wish I could. It's a huge blind spot for Intel. They tout it as "everyone is equal" but they miss that noone who needs peace and quiet to work can work productively. > I think the place > would be a small bit happier if it did not take itself quite so seriously, > but that's just my personal opinion. Yes, as a fellow Intel employee, I'd have to agree. Sigh. Arnold