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From: haugj@pigs.UUCP (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Trusting operating systems: vendor or university?
Summary: Have some more case history ...
Message-ID: <149@pigs.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jun 88 18:44:06 GMT
References: <1128@mcgill-vision.UUCP> <55239@sun.uucp> <1133@mcgill-vision.UUCP> <2737@ttrdc.UUCP>
Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers
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In article <2737@ttrdc.UUCP>, levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:
> Would you care to give some case histories showing how you found this to
> be so?

Heck, I'll give you some case histories to show how it happens ;-)

I worked for a company where I was very close to both the customers, as 
in customer support, and very close to the Big Bosses [ sorry, no more
details, we get netnews at work ].  It was my job to get the customers
off of the boss's back as fast as possible.  Which frequently meant
finding a very fast workaround which might have only had a life
expectancy of three or four days.

- John.
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