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01-14-2005, 10:51 AM
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| gotta love this if this happened to a publicly held company HEADS would roll, people would be FIRED, and the stock would plummet. sometimes i want to move to australia where everything is perfect. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144335,00.html |
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01-14-2005, 10:57 AM
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| Re: gotta love this Quote: |
Originally Posted by bubba i sometimes i want to move to australia where everything is perfect. | 
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01-14-2005, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by bubba if this happened to a publicly held company HEADS would roll, people would be FIRED, and the stock would plummet. | I don't know, we are publicly held and recently migrated to Novell network software, isn't that pretty much the same thing? |
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01-14-2005, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by bubba Sometimes i want to move to australia where everything is perfect. |  |
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01-14-2005, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by luvtolean I don't know, we are publicly held and recently migrated to Novell network software, isn't that pretty much the same thing? |
you should just be pimp slapped for that  |
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01-14-2005, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by luvtolean I don't know, we are publicly held and recently migrated to Novell network software, isn't that pretty much the same thing? | You migrated TO a Novell environment??  My most sincere condolences. |
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01-14-2005, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ND4SPD You migrated TO a Novell environment??  My most sincere condolences. |
they must have gotten a helluva deal  |
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01-14-2005, 11:45 AM
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| Re: gotta love this Concerning moving to Australia....I understand it's a very large country, but I have heard that large areas of it are uninhabitable....is this true... 
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01-14-2005, 1:05 PM
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#9 | | long-time addict
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| Re: gotta love this A New Zealander of my acquaintance maintains that there are native Australians who actually live in Australia, rather than just in the strip around the coast.
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01-14-2005, 1:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ND4SPD You migrated TO a Novell environment??  My most sincere condolences. | Yeah. Corporate IT dictate. The poor local IT group got THRASHED in e-mail as soon as it was announced. |
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01-14-2005, 1:21 PM
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Originally Posted by oldfogey A New Zealander of my acquaintance maintains that there are native Australians who actually live in Australia, rather than just in the strip around the coast. | I was referring to that strip as the part that is uninhabitable.... 
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01-14-2005, 1:48 PM
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Originally Posted by luvtolean I don't know, we are publicly held and recently migrated to Novell network software, isn't that pretty much the same thing? |  Sorry to hear that, it won't last long....or will it? |
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01-14-2005, 1:52 PM
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#13 | | ...no tour for you!
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Originally Posted by Baketech I was referring to that strip as the part that is uninhabitable....  |  You owe me a soda!!  |
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01-14-2005, 1:54 PM
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Originally Posted by cbr99xx  You owe me a soda!!  | 
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01-14-2005, 2:12 PM
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Originally Posted by luvtolean Yeah. Corporate IT dictate. The poor local IT group got THRASHED in e-mail as soon as it was announced. | Further proof that upper mgmt knows jack about IT. Like I needed reassurance  |
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01-14-2005, 4:34 PM
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Originally Posted by roadrunner954  Sorry to hear that, it won't last long....or will it? | It will.
But it did just start as a joke. 
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01-14-2005, 5:28 PM
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Originally Posted by luvtolean I don't know, we are publicly held and recently migrated to Novell network software, isn't that pretty much the same thing? | Nope, that's a step back in time to the max . . .
Let's see . . . DAP has enough overhead to scatter the routers even more than they already are. Are you moving to Suse Enterprise or the actual Novell branded stuff? |
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01-14-2005, 5:36 PM
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| Re: gotta love this It's Novell branded stuff. Network stuff, Client for Windows, and Zenworks. That zenworks is my favorite. It goes for updates in the middle of a damn simulation.
Yes, as the world converts away from Novell, we go to it.
Sorry about your thread Bubba. 
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01-14-2005, 5:52 PM
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#19 | | Send Maple Clarice
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| Re: gotta love this Quote: |
Originally Posted by luvtolean I don't know, we are publicly held and recently migrated to Novell network software, isn't that pretty much the same thing? | Trying to minimize Mac compatibility? |
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01-14-2005, 5:59 PM
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Originally Posted by sheepofblue Trying to minimize Mac compatibility? | yep it's floppy disks from now on . . .  |
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01-14-2005, 6:04 PM
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Originally Posted by abtech yep it's floppy disks from now on . . .  |
or reel to reels |
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01-17-2005, 3:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Baketech Concerning moving to Australia....I understand it's a very large country, but I have heard that large areas of it are uninhabitable....is this true...  | The majority of the population live near the coast as the inner parts are quite dry and arrid. It is true that there is not a lot in the middle if Australia.
You looking at moving here? |
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