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Posted to general@jakarta.apache.org by Conor MacNeill <co...@cortexebusiness.com.au> on 2001/06/13 16:38:09 UTC

How times change !!

I cam across this old article while searching for something. It gave me a
little chuckle.

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1996/jw-04-newsbriefs_p.html

Conor



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Re: How times change !!

Posted by Arnaud Vandyck <ar...@ressource-toi.org>.
> From: Alex =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez?= <af...@tid.es>
> 
> I wonder: when  Microsoft announces things like those,  do they even
> take it seriously (since everyone knows they'll cancel it later)? Do
> they hire  people? Allocate time  for the tasks using  Project? Even
> draw a PowerPoint or two to show around?

LOL;))

-- 
Arnaud Vandyck
-- "Je ne  l'avais jamais revu depuis  sa mort" - (Paul  Hervieux - La
figure filante)

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Re: How times change !!

Posted by Alex Fernández <af...@tid.es>.
I wonder: when Microsoft announces things like those, do they even take
it seriously (since everyone knows they'll cancel it later)? Do they
hire people? Allocate time for the tasks using Project? Even draw a
PowerPoint or two to show around?

Alex.

"Pier P. Fumagalli" wrote:
> 
> Jon Stevens at jon@latchkey.com wrote:
> 
> > on 6/13/01 7:38 AM, "Conor MacNeill" <co...@cortexebusiness.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> I cam across this old article while searching for something. It gave me a
> >> little chuckle.
> >>
> >> http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1996/jw-04-newsbriefs_p.html
> >>
> >> Conor
> >
> > Woah! I didn't even know about that. :-)
> >
> > Nice find and the humor is indeed great. :-)
> 
> That article gives me rashes :) :) :) Itchyyyyyy :) :) :)
> 
>     Pier
> 
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Re: How times change !!

Posted by "Pier P. Fumagalli" <pi...@betaversion.org>.
Jon Stevens at jon@latchkey.com wrote:

> on 6/13/01 7:38 AM, "Conor MacNeill" <co...@cortexebusiness.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> I cam across this old article while searching for something. It gave me a
>> little chuckle.
>> 
>> http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1996/jw-04-newsbriefs_p.html
>> 
>> Conor
> 
> Woah! I didn't even know about that. :-)
> 
> Nice find and the humor is indeed great. :-)

That article gives me rashes :) :) :) Itchyyyyyy :) :) :)

    Pier


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Re: How times change !!

Posted by Jon Stevens <jo...@latchkey.com>.
on 6/13/01 7:38 AM, "Conor MacNeill" <co...@cortexebusiness.com.au> wrote:

> I cam across this old article while searching for something. It gave me a
> little chuckle.
> 
> http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1996/jw-04-newsbriefs_p.html
> 
> Conor

Woah! I didn't even know about that. :-)

Nice find and the humor is indeed great. :-)

-jon


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