[3884] in SIPB bug reports
This would explain a lot...now we know who to blame.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keith `M' Swartz)
Thu Jul 1 01:18:04 1993
To: bug-sipb@athena.mit.edu
Cc: cplay@athena.mit.edu
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 93 01:17:50 EDT
From: Keith `M' Swartz <solo26@athena.mit.edu>
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 93 18:27:39 PDT
From: Denis Gulsen <@lsi.lsil.com:gulsend%pcmail%hsv3@[147.145.49.78]>
Subject: obsolete engineers
The following story was taken from Bits and Bytes published on page F1
of today's San Jose Mercury News.
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Sounding like a parody of its marketing literature, Sun Microsystems on
Tuesday told 40 workers their "skill sets no longer match the company's
core competencies and product strategies."
The translation: You're fired.
The inference: And it's all your fault.
"It's complete doublespeak, but they don't want to use the word
`fired`", said an employee. Company spokeswoman Cindee Mock said the
layoffs reflect Sun's belief an employee's "skill set" becomes obsolete
at the rate of 20 percent per year.
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