Ah but people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the average bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on DEC are more well rounded and knowledgeable in the field than the norm.
The good ol days... Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E Monitor Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on the internals so you could really wreak havoc. I think he also wrote the original Trek too so if your system was still up after poking around in the internals you could play a video game on your DecWriter or VT52. I got my first official corporate support position supporting OS/2 and Win31 on Token Ring back in the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or so people in the panel interview started asking me questions about the equipment the job was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token Ring) and I couldn't answer any of the questions so they saw DEC on my resume and started asking DEC questions and a couple of hours later we were all laughing and I had my choice of the three open positions they had even though I knew nothing about any of them. :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McGlinchey Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 My experience is just the opposite. I attended DECUS (The other DEC, Digital Equipment Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in the 90's and the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing enough money. This was attributed to 1) most of the attendees knew the odds were against them so they kept their money in their pockets where it belonged and 2) the ones that did play were pretty good at it and were winning too much. I'll not be attending but I'm sending someone that works for me instead. Have a good conference. John McGlinchey > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, > Michael M. > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 > > I think you are going to find the same at Green Valley - > http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/gaming/index.html > > Leave your car and house titles at home! List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
