Ahh the ignorance of youth. I remember someone enthusiastically explaining to me about VMWARE and how they could run different windows images on the same hardware at the same time. I said "that was old technology on the vm/360 systems in 1977 when I joined IBM".
*"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.*” Winston Churchill. On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 at 12:14, René Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: > It’s that it is now documented and in the newspapers - but is anybody > really surprised? > > Of course it is a disgrace that people who were using VNET and fora when > current management sh*t their diapers are now accused of ’not understanding > social’. > > It perfectly jibes with that irrational attack on older but better tools > and the quarterly focus on passing fads. > > best regards, > > René. > > > > On 14 Feb 2022, at 12:11, Joe Monk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/business/economy/ibm-age-discrimination.html > > > > "Another email by a top executive, appearing to refer to older workers, > > mentions a plan to “accelerate change by inviting the ‘dinobabies’ (new > > species) to leave” and make them an “extinct species.” > > > > A third email refers to IBM’s “dated maternal workforce,” an apparent > > allusion to older women, and says: “This is what must change. They really > > don’t understand social or engagement. Not digital natives. A real threat > > for us.” > > > > Joe > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
