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To: jhild who wrote (10943)	12/19/1997 12:50:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Jhild, yes that was an interesting businessweek story. Confirms that box makers (Dell, etc.) should keep making money since they do not fully pass through their reduced costs. The '98 Networking sales increase of 4.9% is much lower than I have seen elsewhere. The overseas buildout of the Internet has been a bust so far, but I think their figure is too low. o~~~ O

To: jhild who wrote (10943)	12/25/1997 1:03:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Twas the night before implementation And all through the house Not a computer was working, Not even a mouse. The programmers hung by their ties in despair, With hopes that a miracle soon would be there. The customers were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of progress danced in their heads. When out of the CODE there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter. And what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a super programmer (with a six pack of beer). His resume glowed with experience so rare, He turned out great code with a bit pusher's flair. More rapid than eagles, his routines they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name: On operator NEW! On operator DELETE! On "for" loops! "do while"! On Functions Complete! His eyes were glazed over, fingers nimble and lean, From weekends and nights spent in front of a screen. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know, I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, Turning specs into code, then turned with a jerk; And laying his finger upon the "enter" key, The system came up and worked perfectly. The functions functioned; the deletes, they deleted; The inquiries inquired and "for" loops completed. He tested each whistle, and tested each bell, With nary a rewrite, thus all had gone well. The code was checked in, the tests were concluded, Marketing's last changes were even included. "Heh!", the customer exclaimed with a snarl and a taunt, "It's just what I asked for, but not what I want!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------