I said,
<[log in to unmask]>,
 > "Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]> writes
 >> For everyone who is suspicious of a spoof, I looked for a matching
 >> job opening at HP using the HP job search link starting at:
 >>
 >> http://www.hp.com/
 >>
 >> and it matches perfectly thus:
 >>
 >> Job opening 892474 at Chennai posted on Sep 13:  Expert - Unix system
 >  /HPe3000 / C programming - 892474
 >>
 >>Quite odd to spoof a truism.

Roy Brown replies:
 > You go offshoring, this is the downside. A bunch of people who aren't
 > exactly steeped in the corporate ethic are given (genuine) corporate
 > identities, and go off and do things with them that make Head Office
 > wince.
 >
 > And believe me, they are wincing right now, at yet another
 > demonstration of the firepower of a loose cannon.
 >
 > If there was still an HP Way, then maybe the new hires could be
 > educated in it. But as HP has abandoned this, they are now rudderless.
 > And paying
 > the price for it, it seems..

To further reply:

Making an oppoenent rudderless is certainly an achievement when using 
loose cannon.  Although it is best attained when using coordinated volleys!

I suffered greatly at the last training session as a Brit:

http://hp3000.empireclassic.com/TANG/Close_Action_Demo.html

(P.S. The anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar is coming up.)

-- 
BT

Tracy Johnson
Justin Thyme Productions
http://hp3000.empireclassic.com/







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