6/26/2008 Outsourcing is the latest fad to fail in corporate America, but it needn’t be so. The trouble with all of these fads is that they attack a symptom, but never address the root cause. If your company has tried it, you are aware of the damage it can do. If your company is talking…
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Microsoft Expands Windows 98 Package
May 1, 1998 A smiling Bill Gates addressed reporters over 6 huge HDTV screens today after Microsoft lawyers won their appeal of Judge Johnson’s ruling of last year. Judge Johnson ruled that it was unlawful for Microsoft to tie other products into the purchase of the operating system. With that ruling out of the way,…
Intel Closes Its Doors
March 30, 1998 Intel Corporation announced today that it is closing down its operations for good, including its production and research facilities. Market researchers said, “This is in response to the Power Mac G3 from Apple. The entire Intel business is shutting down.”Intel’s chairman confirmed the news. “The Power Mac G3 is so much faster…
The Corporate Screw
It started out a lot like any other Monday with me luggung a pile of not quite late bills down to the mail box, and carrying a bunch of threatening notices with me to work so I can call and remind these assholes that I haven’t died/purchased land in Idaho/filed for bankruptcy/or whatever reason it…
Coughing Man Not Sick
Despite nearly coughing up a lung, Herman Nelson, an employee at Tritech in Kildeer, told his fellow employees he was not sick. The coughing was first noticed Tuesday in the restoom, where Mr. Nelson was trying to dispense paper towel to dry his hands. According to co-worker Niel Jergenson, “He attempted to reassure me between bouts…