Re: Not Much Linux Stuff of Late

On 8/1/26 21:34, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2026-08-01, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:54:59 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> I _hate_ it when a system lies about being ready. I've had plenty of
>>> time to build that hate - I worked on a mainframe that told such
>>> lies before Microsoft even existed.
>>
>> A sure sign of a product from a company where the marketing department
>> is in charge.
> 
> Right on both counts.

   When "The Salesmen" promise - just automatically
   ASSUME the opposite.

   Heh ... last time I went to the dentist I made
   the "mistake" of asking how they were doing with
   their Great New Biz System. On-screen I saw what
   looked like the OLD system. The response was kinda
   like SHOCK ! The Salesman had PROMISED so much
   superiority - but, in practice, the software was
   TOTALLY UNUSABLE. CRAP ! It BADLY fucked their biz
   and made life HORRIBLE.

   The system was named after an animal - they now
   have a suspended icon in the break room that
   looks like that animal - and they SMACK it every
   time they go in :-)

   Of course their IT guy is making a killing. Got
   paid a lot to move their old data to the Great
   New System ... and NOW from that back to the OLD
   system that actually works :-)