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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (449633)1/22/2009 6:36:17 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574096
 
Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages

By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 22, 2009; Page A01

washingtonpost.com

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The team members, accustomed to working on Macintoshes, found computers outfitted with six-year-old versions of Microsoft software. Laptops were scarce, assigned to only a few people in the West Wing. The team was left struggling to put closed captions on online videos.



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (449633)1/22/2009 7:59:27 AM
From: Taro  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574096
 
??? No snow or no money?

Taro



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (449633)1/22/2009 12:35:05 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1574096
 
By the way, I'm in Lake Tahoe this week, and it's rather scary to see how absolutely deserted the ski resorts are.

That is surprising......and there should be pretty good snow after the storms of December. I guess Silicon Valley ain't doing so well. Some exec at Yahoo was selling his Bentley on Craig's List. I guess that's a sign of the times.


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