Xref: utzoo comp.misc:5643 misc.misc:5349 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!mit-eddie!ll-xn!adelie!mirror!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: comp.misc,misc.misc Subject: Re: IBM Songbook? Message-ID: <1156@frog.UUCP> Date: 24 Mar 89 01:17:00 GMT References: <6032@homxc.UUCP> Followup-To: don't bother Distribution: na Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us Lines: 21 In article <6032@homxc.UUCP>, gfv@homxc.UUCP (G.VALVO) writes: > From article , by patterso@hardees.rutgers.edu (Ross Patterson): > > There was indeed an IBM songbook, widely available and used, until the 1960's > > with their attendant freedoms burst into even IBM's hallowed halls. Those were > > also the days of White Shirts Only and the "IBM Wife". Thank goodness they're > > over. > I'd imagine that many Japanese employees sing a company song and do > group calisthenics every day. There is also great emphasis on uniformity > in dress and apperance. Seeing as how the Japs have been kicking our > industrial butts for several years maybe it's not such a bad idea. > They also tend to be shorter than we. Seeing as how the Japs have been kicking our industrial butts for several years maybe it's not such a bad idea. Maybe faulty logic like the above has a good deal more to do with it, though. -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, john@frog.UUCP, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw@eddie.mit.edu Remainder Khomeini!