Boy I do remember that CD, I lost mine a long time ago. But I still have my
class of 2000 shirt.

Howard

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Timothy Powell <
[email protected]> wrote:

> **
>
> Ah…I still have my Remedy Orientation CD. “Mom” doing the intro and
> narration. Learning about the “OHG”! And of course the Tenets.
>
> It’s awesome.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Howard Richter
> *Sent:* Monday, June 29, 2009 9:36 PM
>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: History of AR System
>
>
>
> **
>
> Back in 96 I remember trying to build some item and then calling Remedy
> support. The engineer I got on the phone worked with me for many hours to
> build that item (as the people who know me know I like to push things to the
> breaking point).
>
>
>
> When I joined Remedy in 2000 (after being a customer since 1996), one of
> the support engineers gave me a box of printouts of my issues. They also
> took me out to lunch as a team. One other item when you joined the company a
> week before your first day on the job you got a box of gifts. There was
> candy and bubbles, some hot nuts and other fun items. Also in that box was a
> cd. The cd talked about the goal of Remedy.
>
>
>
> Also I did a Google search and found this" At Remedy Corp., a software
> company based in Mountain View, fun is practically an art form. Managers
> have been known to put on hula skirts and sumo wrestling suits……”
>
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=re4sb_7qjMYC&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=remedy+corp&source=bl&ots=t9JZ8lPkKz&sig=2bzDaw4bXBVvsiNHJf29CAt6Bhc&hl=en&ei=zGlJSpS3CMWntgeMuei8Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6
>
>
>
>
>
> Remedy was a great company to work for and I must have 20+ shirts with the
> Remedy logo on them and maybe 6 or 7 with BMC. I even have 3 RAC shits.
>
>
>
> When BMC acquired Remedy (at least for the 3 years I was there) the fun
> stayed
>
>
>
> As far as my 3.0 docs, my wife made me clean up the basement a year ago and
> everything from 3.2 to 6.3 were sent to the dump (only my electronic copies
> starting at 4.0 I was allowed to keep).
>
>
>
> Peregrine management has helped me work towards my degree (I use them as
> how not to do things, how to cheat and lie), also they let me go in 2002.
>
>
>
> I hired on to BMC in 2003 and worked with them until 2006 (the release of
> ITSM 7) and I saw that they somewhat understood Remedy. I would like to have
> seen Remedy stay Remedy, but from my view the BMC deal was a great move.
>
>
>
> I would like to buy a drink for the person at BMC who thought up that deal.
>
>
>
> My 2 cents,
>
>
>
> Howard
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:27 PM, PRUITT, CHRISTOPHER <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> **
>
> I started back in May 1995 and learned it by reading the manual and jumping
> in with both feet. There were no training classes in those days.
>
>
>
> *Christopher Pruitt*
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> *EDS,* an HP Company
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> *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Axton
> *Sent:* Monday, June 29, 2009 12:40 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: History of AR System
>
>
>
> ** I started that way back in '99; I still don't have any formal
> training...
>
>
>
> Axton Grams
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> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Benedetto Cantatore <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> **
>
> Back in 97, I sat down with the Remedy manual, read it cover to cover and
> was a Remedy administrator.  There were only two apps (I think); Helpdesk
> and Asset.  Today, I looking at all the manuals if you have the whole ITSM
> suite, I no longer think that's possible.  I'm curious, how many folks
> started Remedy by just reading the docs, or did most people go out and get
> formal training.
>
>
>
> Ben Cantatore
> Remedy Manager
> (914) 457-6209
>
>
>
> Emerging Health IT
> 3 Odell Plaza
> Yonkers, New York 10701
>
>
> >>> [email protected] 06/29/09 10:56 AM >>>
>
> ** I began working with the point release of 2.1 late in 1994 or early 1995
> when I was at Winstar, a gone-broke telecommunications company. I wrote the
> help-desk app for the network ops center, as well as configuration forms,
> certification forms, lots of stuff. Back then it was a good front-end for a
> database. We worked with voice communications, so the FCC required a lot of
> auditing, all of which had to be written.
>
> I got into Remedy as a C programmer who didn't have a project at the
> moment. I was horrified to find no Else statements built into the system. I
> can't remember when that came along, but it was quite an advance in
> programming. We worked with HP-UX and an early version of Oracle.
> Installation of just about anything was a bear, but once all the ducks were
> lined up it went well.
>
> Ever since then I've worked with the ARS. Now it's quite sophisticated in
> comparison with the old days.
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Daniel Bloom <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> From a bit of googling .....
>
>
> Remedy Corp.
> The Company was incorporated on November 20, 1990 in Delaware
> Headquarters Mountain View, California, USA
> Key people Larry Garlick, Founder & CEO
> Dave Mahler, VP Marketing
> Doug Mueller, Chief Architect
> Version 1.0 ?
> Version 1.1 Approx. Nov 1992 still looking for confirmation
> Version 2.0 was May 19, 1995
> Version 4.0 was Jan 27, 1999
>
>
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